hit somebody with something
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhit somebody with something phrasal verb informal1 to tell someone something interesting, exciting, or shocking The next morning, Steve hit me with the truth.2 American English to punish or try to harm someone by doing something that will cause problems for them The next day, we found they’d hit us with a lawsuit. → hit→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpushit with • One woman died after a soldier hit her with a club.