单词 | hit it off |
释义 | > as lemmasto hit it off b. (Now usually to hit it off.) To agree. Also more widely, to become friendly, to be on good terms. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)] to go ineOE cordc1380 consentc1386 covin1393 condescend1477 agree1481 correspond1545 concur1590 to fall in1602 suffrage1614 to hit it1634 colour1639 to take with ——1646 to be with1648 to fall into ——1668 to run in1688 to think with1688 meet1694 coincide1705 to go in1713 to say ditto to1775 to see with ——1802 sympathize1828 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > become friendly agree1447 fadge1592 to hit it1634 cotton1648 to draw up1723 to hit it off1780 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > be friendly [verb (intransitive)] > get on (well) gree?a1513 to get in with1602 cotton1605 to hitch (also set, or stable) horses together1617 to hit it1634 gee1685 to set horses together1685 to be made for each other (also one another)1751 to hit it off1780 to get ona1805 to hitch horses together1835 niggle1837 to step together1866 to speak (also talk) someone's (also the same) language1893 to stall with1897 cog1926 groove1935 click1954 vibe1986 1634 Earl of Strafford Let. 23 Aug. (1739) I. 299 Would to God our Master could hit it with that Crown. 1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden i. i, in Wks. (1722) II. 9 You and I shall never hit it. 1780 C. A. Burney Let. 10 Apr. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 291 How do you and the great Mrs. Montague hit it off? 1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury II. i. 2 The respective wives of these gentlemen never hit it exactly. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xi. 188 Tom did not venture to inquire for a day or two how the two hit it off together. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray II. xiv. 297 I am so happy..that you and he have hit it off. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk i. 16 Mr. Kaghan is prejudiced. He's never hit it off with Lady Elizabeth. hit it off c. To attain exactly to the point wanted; to strike the scent in hunting (also hit it off). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] > attain exactly to the point wanted to hit it1704 the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > work done by hounds > action of hounds [verb (intransitive)] > strike scent scenta1398 find1565 hit it off1704 to hit off a fault1749 to hit off the line1977 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [verb (intransitive)] > attain exactly to the point wanted to hit it1704 1704 R. Steele Lying Lover i. 5 Not ev'ry open handed Fellow hits it neither. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes ii. 52 To look through every circumstance necessary to be considered in the adjusting of this point so as exactly to hit it. 18.. Rec. N. Devon Staghounds 65 (W. Som. Word-bk.) The hounds then hit it up the river. 18.. Rec. N. Devon Staghounds 68 (W. Som. Word-bk.) The hounds came to a check, and could never hit it off again. < as lemmas |
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