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hit it out of the park

hit it out of the park is the alternative form of hit one out of the ballpark.

Meaning of hit one out of the ballpark

Verb

hit one out of the ballpark (third-person singular simple present hits one out of the ballpark, present participle hitting one out of the ballpark, simple past and past participle hit one out of the ballpark)

  1. To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To produce a spectacular achievement.
    • The Canada Institute, part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has hit one out of the ballpark with its Montreal fundraiser.2007 September 18, Patricia Best, “Elite dig deep for tribute dinner”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto, retrieved 29 Jun 2008

Forms of hit it out of the park

third-person singular presenthits it out of the park
present participlehitting it out of the park
past participlehit it out of the park
pasthit it out of the park

Questions about hit it out of the park

What is hit it out of the park the alternative form of?
Hit it out of the park is the alternative form of hit one out of the ballpark.

Words near hit it out of the park in the dictionary

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

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