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hit it for six

hit it for six verb: to hit a cricket ball over the boundary of a cricket pitch and thus score six runs.

Verb

hit it for six (third-person singular simple present hits it for six, present participle hitting it for six, simple past and past participle hit it for six)

  1. To hit a cricket ball over the boundary of a cricket pitch and thus score six runs.
  2. To hit something hard.
    • 25 Aug 2005, , British pilot who saved palace dies, Tampa Bay Timeshttps://www.tampabay.com/archive/2005/06/29/british-pilot-who-saved-palace-dies/
      “There was no time to weigh up the situation,” Mr. Holmes recalled afterward. His airplane looked so flimsy, I didn’t think of it as solid and...
  3. To be exceedingly successful at (a particular enterprise).
    • If you tried an offbeat last question, he(Tony Blair)’d always hit it for six and everyone was happy.2015 December 12, James Naughtie, “Sparring with Blair, eating squirrel and that Jeremy Hunt slip - why I’ll miss the Today programme”, in daily mail.co.uk
    • Mercedes-Benz has mastered EV brake pedal feel, with a smooth and easy feel between regeneration and braking. Most other manufacturers still can’t get this combination right, so it’s good to see Benz hit it for six on its first attempt.2019 May 16, “Driving Mercedes-Benz’s first-ever pure-electric vehicle”, in stuff.co.nz

Synonyms of hit it for six

Forms of hit it for six

third-person singular presenthits it for six
present participlehitting it for six
past participlehit it for six
pasthit it for six

Questions about hit it for six

What does hit it for six mean?
Hit it for six means to hit a cricket ball over the boundary of a cricket pitch and thus score six runs.
What part of speech is hit it for six?
Hit it for six is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit it for six?
The past tense of hit it for six is hit it for six.

Words near hit it for six in the dictionary

  1. hit home
  2. hit into the long grass
  3. hit it
  4. hit it and quit it
  5. hit it big
  6. hit it for six
  7. hit it from the back
  8. hit it off
  9. hit it out of the park
  10. hit it up
  11. hit job

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