"hit the dirt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-hit the dirt.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits the dirt [present, singular, third-person], hitting the dirt [participle, present], hit the dirt [participle, past], hit the dirt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the dirt}} hit the dirt (third-person singular simple present hits the dirt, present participle hitting the dirt, simple past and past participle hit the dirt)
  1. (slang) To drop suddenly to the ground. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-hit_the_dirt-en-verb-Ka-50Key
  2. To fall quickly in order to evade a danger. Related terms: bite the dust
    Sense id: en-hit_the_dirt-en-verb-NAErOhEJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit the dirt meaning in All languages combined (1.4kB)

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