"hack it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hacks it [present, singular, third-person], hacking it [participle, present], hacked it [participle, past], hacked it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} hack it (third-person singular simple present hacks it, present participle hacking it, simple past and past participle hacked it)
  1. (idiomatic) To cope; to be successful in something despite adversity. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-hack_it-en-verb-~atICVrV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 71 29
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, it.
    Sense id: en-hack_it-en-verb-kEAH7w0X

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hack it meaning in English (1.8kB)

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