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hit the stores

hit the stores verb: to become available for purchase at retail locations.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To become available for purchase at retail locations.

Forms of hit the stores

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

Questions about hit the stores

What does hit the stores mean?
Hit the stores means to become available for purchase at retail locations.
What part of speech is hit the stores?
Hit the stores is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit the stores?
The past tense of hit the stores is hit the stores.

Words near hit the stores in the dictionary

  1. hit the shower
  2. hit the showers
  3. hit the silk
  4. hit the skids
  5. hit the spot
  6. hit the stores
  7. hit the streets
  8. hit the trail
  9. hit the wall
  10. hit them licks
  11. hit too close to home

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