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hitting with

hitting with is the present participle and gerund of hit with.

Meaning of hit with

Verb

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

  1. To do something intended to punish or hurt (someone), especially as a sudden or surprise action.
    • We'll hit them with a lawsuit, that'll shut them up.
  2. To tell someone something that is surprising or unpleasantly shocking.
    • Just hit me with the bad news straight-up, doc.
  3. To share, hand over or impart.
    • He hit me with a proposal.

Questions about hitting with

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

Words near hitting with in the dictionary

  1. hitting two birds with one shot
  2. hitting two targets with one arrow
  3. hitting up
  4. hitting up against
  5. hitting upon
  6. hitting with
  7. hitting with the stupid stick
  8. hittingest
  9. hittings
  10. Hittite
  11. Hittites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hitting with (page history and authors); hit with (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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