"hit out" meaning in All languages combined

See hit out on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hits out [present, singular, third-person], hitting out [participle, present], hit out [participle, past], hit out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> out}} hit out (third-person singular simple present hits out, present participle hitting out, simple past and past participle hit out)
  1. To strike out with the fist, usually without planning or accuracy.
    Sense id: en-hit_out-en-verb-POF2vpPf
  2. (figurative) To react viciously (towards someone/something). Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-hit_out-en-verb-ASW6AmR9
  3. (obsolete) To perform by good luck. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-hit_out-en-verb-U7gpOP1l
  4. To leave; to head out.
    Sense id: en-hit_out-en-verb-gGaKtZt3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 19 19 49 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 11 17 17 55 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 10 19 20 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 12 13 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 22 9 63

Inflected forms

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        "To strike out with the fist, usually without planning or accuracy."
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          "ref": "1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XX [Uniform ed., p. 204]",
          "text": "'What have we done? What shall we ever do? Just drift and criticize, while people who know what they want snatch it away from us and laugh.”\n“Perhaps you are that sort. I’m not. When the moment comes I shall hit out like any ploughboy. …\""
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        "To perform by good luck."
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        "(obsolete) To perform by good luck."
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        "To leave; to head out."
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      ],
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        "To perform by good luck."
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