āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to hit on
[phrase form: hit]
01
āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to flirt with someone, often with romantic or sexual intentions
Dialect
American
AmericanTransitive: to hit on sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She did n't appreciate him hitting on her while she was trying to work.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to suddenly have an amazing idea
Transitive: to hit on an idea
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He hit on a fantastic idea for the company's marketing campaign during a brainstorming session.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
