hit, etc, below the belt

1. To hit, etc, an opponent's body lower than the waist (forbidden in some sports)
2. Hence (figurative) to deliver a mean blow, attack unfairly

hold the belt

To hold the championship in wrestling, boxing, or the like

tighten one's belt

To reduce one's demands or expenditure, to economize (beltˈ-tightening noun)

under one's belt (figurative)

Firmly and irrevocably secured or in one's possession

hit /hit/

1. To strike
2. To reach with a blow or missile (also figurative)
3. To come into forceful contact with
4. To knock (eg oneself, one's head)
5. To inflict (a blow)
6. To drive by a stroke
7. To move onto (a road), reach (a place)
8. To go to (a place) to enjoy oneself, as in hit the town (informal)
9. (of news) to be published in (informal)
10. To come, by effort or chance, luckily (upon)
11. To suit (with) (obsolete)
12. To imitate exactly
13. To suit, fit or conform to
14. To hurt, affect painfully (figurative)
15. To make a request or demand of (N Am inf)
16. To murder (slang)

1. To strike
2. To make a movement of striking
3. To come in contact
4. To arrive suddenly and destructively
5. (of an internal combustion engine) to ignite the air and fuel mixture in the cylinders
6. To inject a dose of a hard drug (slang)

1. An act or occasion of striking
2. A successful stroke or shot
3. A lucky chance
4. A surprising success
5. An effective remark, eg a sarcasm, witticism
6. Something that pleases the public or an audience
7. A stroke that allows the batter to reach at least first base safely (baseball)
8. At backgammon, a move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point, or a game won after one or two men are removed from the board
9. A murder by a gang of criminals (slang)
10. A dose of a hard drug (slang)
11. An instance of a computer file, esp a website, being contacted

hittˈer noun

hitˈ-and-missˈ adjective

1. Hitting or missing, according to circumstances
2. Random

hitˈ-and-runˈ adjective

1. (eg of an air-raid) lasting only a very short time
2. (of a driver) causing injury and driving off without reporting the incident
3. (of an accident) caused by a hit-and-run driver

noun

Such an event or accident

hit list noun (slang)

1. A list of people to be killed by gangsters or terrorists
2. Any list of targeted victims

hitˈman noun (informal)

Someone employed to kill or attack others (also figurative)

hitˈ-or-missˈ adjective

Hit-and-miss

hit parade noun

1. A list of currently popular songs (old)
2. A list of the most popular things of any kind (figurative)

hit squad noun (slang)

A group of assassins working together

hittˈy-missˈy adjective

Random, haphazard

a hit or a miss

A case in which either success or complete failure is possible

hard hit

Gravely affected by some trouble, or by love

hit a blot

1. In backgammon, to capture an exposed man
2. To find a weak place

hit at

To aim a blow, sarcasm, gibe, etc at

hit back

To retaliate

hit below the belt see under belt

hit it

To find, often by chance, the right answer

hit it off

To agree, be compatible and friendly (sometimes with with)

hit it up (slang)

To inject a drug

hit off

To imitate or describe aptly (someone or something)

hit on or upon

1. To come upon, discover, devise
2. To single out
3. To make sexual advances to, flirt with (informal)

hit out

1. To strike out, esp with the fist
2. To attack strongly (absolute or with at)

hit the bottle (slang)

To drink excessively

hit the ceiling or roof

To be seized with or express violent anger

hit the ground running (informal)

To react instantly, functioning at full speed and efficiency immediately

hit the hay or sack (slang)

To go to bed

hit the high spots see under high¹

hit the nail on the head see under nail

hit the road (slang)

To leave, go away

hit the sack see hit the hay above.

hit wicket

The act, or an instance, of striking the wicket with the bat or part of the body and dislodging the bails, and thus being out (cricket)

make or score a hit with

1. To become popular with
2. To make a good impression on