hit on
verb(tr, preposition)
to strike
Also: hit upon to discover unexpectedly or guess correctly
US and Canadian slang to make sexual advances to (a person)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hit on
hit on
Also, hit upon. Discover, happen to find, as in I've hit upon a solution to this problem. [c. 1700]
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