"hit the ceiling" meaning in All languages combined

See hit the ceiling on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hits the ceiling [present, singular, third-person], hitting the ceiling [participle, present], hit the ceiling [participle, past], hit the ceiling [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the ceiling}} hit the ceiling (third-person singular simple present hits the ceiling, present participle hitting the ceiling, simple past and past participle hit the ceiling)
  1. Alternative form of hit the roof Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: hit the roof
    Sense id: en-hit_the_ceiling-en-verb-lNP9FJYm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit the ceiling meaning in All languages combined (1.0kB)

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