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hit one hard

hit one hard verb: to affect somebody badly.

Verb

hit one hard (third-person singular simple present hits one hard, present participle hitting one hard, simple past and past participle hit one hard)

  1. (transitive) To affect somebody badly.

Forms of hit one hard

third-person singular presenthits one hard
present participlehitting one hard
past participlehit one hard
pasthit one hard

Questions about hit one hard

What does hit one hard mean?
Hit one hard means to affect somebody badly.
What part of speech is hit one hard?
Hit one hard is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit one hard?
The past tense of hit one hard is hit one hard.

Words near hit one hard in the dictionary

  1. hit off
  2. hit off the line
  3. hit on
  4. hit on all cylinders
  5. hit on all six
  6. hit one hard
  7. hit one out of the ball park
  8. hit one out of the ballpark
  9. hit one's marks
  10. hit one's straps
  11. hit one's stride

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