hit it off
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hit it off
To form an immediate, positive connection (with someone). I just knew you and Haley would hit it off—you two have so much in common. I'm so glad that you hit it off with my father. He isn't always the easiest person to get to know. One of these times, I'd like to actually hit it off with a blind date. Sigh.
hit off
1. To strike or knock into something, especially accidentally. A: "Are you OK?" B: "Yeah, I'll be fine. My elbow just hit off the table." No, that pitch hit off the knob of the bat, so the batter's OK, thank goodness. What was that crash? And please tell me it wasn't one of your toys hitting off something expensive.
2. To cause something to fall or fly off (of something) as a result of striking it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hit" and "off." The dog's wagging tail hit off a vase that was on the edge of the table. He said he could hit the baseball off the top of my head. I think your cat hit off my glass of water just to spite me.
3. To force someone's Internet connection to fail as a result of a denial-of-service (DOS) attack, especially during online multiplayer video games. ("Off" in this instance is short for "offline.") A noun or pronoun can be used between "hit" and "off." There's this really irritating player on Call of Duty who hits me off whenever I start to win. He bragged about how long he could hit off his opponents, until he got slapped with an $800 fine and a five-year ban from Xbox Live. I would have won tonight's game fair and square, if not for jerks hitting me off!
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hit it off (with someone)
Fig. to quickly become good friends with someone. Look how John hit it off with Mary. Yes, they really hit it off.
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hit it off
Get along well together, as in I was so glad that our parents hit it off. In the 17th century this phrase was put simply as hit it, the adverb off being added only in the mid-1800s.
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hit it off
SPOKENCOMMON If two people hit it off when they first meet, they like each other and get on well together. Bill and Andrea seemed to hit it off last night. I had to leave — I didn't really hit it off with the new manager.
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hit it off with
feel a liking for; be friendly with. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
hit it ˈoff (with somebody)
(informal) quickly form or have a good relationship with somebody: I met a girl at the party, and we hit it off straight away.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
hit it off
Informal To get along well together.
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hit it off, to
To get along well (with someone). To hit has long meant, in a secondary sense, to succeed, probably from a sport or game. Shakespeare used it in this way in numerous plays; for example, “Have all his ventures fail’d? What, not one hit?” appears in The Merchant of Venice (3.2). To “hit it off ” seems to be an elaboration of the same meaning, and dates back to the eighteenth century. “How do you and the great Mrs. Montague hit it off,” wrote diarist Madame d’Arblay in 1780.
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