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hit it off

hit it off verb: to develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.
    • I really hit it off with Jack, and hired him without needing an interview.
    • Those two are really hitting it off. I wouldn't be surprised if they started dating soon.
    Synonyms:
    hit it up, make friends with, befriend

hit it off meaning in Malayalam

hit it off in Malayalam

get along, get on (well), be friends
നല്ല ബന്ധമുണ്ടായിരിക്കുക, ചേർന്നുപോകുക, വളരെ യോജിച്ചുപോകുക, നല്ലവണ്ണം ഇണങ്ങിപ്പോകുക, യോജിപ്പിലെത്തുക, ഇണങ്ങിപ്പോകുക

Synonyms of hit it off

Forms of hit it off

third-person singular presenthits it off
present participlehitting it off
past participlehit it off
pasthit it off

Questions about hit it off

What does hit it off mean?
Hit it off means to develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.
What is hit it off in Malayalam?
Hit it off in Malayalam is നല്ല ബന്ധമുണ്ടായിരിക്കുക, ചേർന്നുപോകുക, വളരെ യോജിച്ചുപോകുക. See Hit it off meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is hit it off?
Hit it off is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit it off?
The past tense of hit it off is hit it off.

Words near hit it off in the dictionary

  1. hit it
  2. hit it and quit it
  3. hit it big
  4. hit it for six
  5. hit it from the back
  6. hit it off
  7. hit it out of the park
  8. hit it up
  9. hit job
  10. hit licks
  11. hit like a ton of bricks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hit it off (page history and authors); hit it off (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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