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hitting it for six

hitting it for six is the present participle and gerund of hit it for six.

Meaning of hit it for six

Verb

hit it for six (third-person singular simple present hits it for six, present participle hitting it for six, simple past and past participle hit it for six)

  1. To hit a cricket ball over the boundary of a cricket pitch and thus score six runs.
  2. To hit something hard.
    • 25 Aug 2005, , British pilot who saved palace dies, Tampa Bay Timeshttps://www.tampabay.com/archive/2005/06/29/british-pilot-who-saved-palace-dies/
      “There was no time to weigh up the situation,” Mr. Holmes recalled afterward. His airplane looked so flimsy, I didn’t think of it as solid and...
  3. To be exceedingly successful at (a particular enterprise).
    • If you tried an offbeat last question, he(Tony Blair)’d always hit it for six and everyone was happy.2015 December 12, James Naughtie, “Sparring with Blair, eating squirrel and that Jeremy Hunt slip - why I’ll miss the Today programme”, in daily mail.co.uk

Questions about hitting it for six

What is hitting it for six the present participle and gerund of?
Hitting it for six is the present participle and gerund of hit it for six.

Words near hitting it for six in the dictionary

  1. hitting different
  2. hitting home
  3. hitting into the long grass
  4. hitting it and quitting it
  5. hitting it big
  6. hitting it for six
  7. hitting it from the back
  8. hitting it off
  9. hitting it up
  10. hitting licks
  11. hitting like a ton of bricks

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