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hits upon

hits upon is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit upon.

Meaning of hit upon

Verb

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

  1. To address.
    • He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.
  2. (idiomatic) To think of; to discover or invent.
    • So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon...1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

Questions about hits upon

What is hits upon the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hits upon is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hit upon.

Words near hits upon in the dictionary

  1. hits too close to home
  2. hits two birds with one shot
  3. hits two targets with one arrow
  4. hits up
  5. hits up against
  6. hits upon
  7. hits with
  8. hits with the stupid stick
  9. hitscan
  10. hitscans
  11. hitself

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