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hit the board

hit the board verb: to finish in first, second, third or fourth place, thus appearing on the winners' board.

Verb

hit the board (third-person singular simple present hits the board, present participle hitting the board, simple past and past participle hit the board)

  1. To finish in first, second, third or fourth place, thus appearing on the winners' board.

Forms of hit the board

third-person singular presenthits the board
present participlehitting the board
past participlehit the board
pasthit the board

Questions about hit the board

What does hit the board mean?
Hit the board means to finish in first, second, third or fourth place, thus appearing on the winners' board.
What part of speech is hit the board?
Hit the board is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the board?
The past tense of hit the board is hit the board.

Words near hit the board in the dictionary

  1. hit test
  2. hit tests
  3. hit the accelerator
  4. hit the ball twice
  5. hit the big time
  6. hit the board
  7. hit the books
  8. hit the bottle
  9. hit the bricks
  10. hit the buffers
  11. hit the button

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