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hit one out of the ball park

hit one out of the ball park is the alternative spelling 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 one out of the ball park

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

Questions about hit one out of the ball park

What is hit one out of the ball park the alternative spelling of?
Hit one out of the ball park is the alternative spelling of hit one out of the ballpark.

Words near hit one out of the ball park in the dictionary

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

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