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hitting a wall

hitting a wall is the present participle and gerund of hit a wall.

Meaning of hit a wall

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To come up against an insurmountable problem; to be brought to a halt.
    • “One day we just hit a wall,” said Dr. Steven Furr, who practices family medicine in rural Jackson, Ala., where he has even made house calls to give patients their Covid shots. “We had vaccinated everybody who wanted to be vaccinated and there was nobody left.”2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, quoting Steven Furr, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about hitting a wall

What is hitting a wall the present participle and gerund of?
Hitting a wall is the present participle and gerund of hit a wall.

Words near hitting a wall in the dictionary

  1. hitting a false note
  2. hitting a home run
  3. hitting a lick
  4. hitting a snag
  5. hitting a stain
  6. hitting a wall
  7. hitting above one's weight
  8. hitting and running
  9. hitting away
  10. hitting back
  11. hitting below one's weight

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