"hit it off" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-hit it off.wav Forms: hits it off [present, singular, third-person], hitting it off [participle, present], hit it off [participle, past], hit it off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> it off}} hit it off (third-person singular simple present hits it off, present participle hitting it off, simple past and past participle hit it off)
  1. (informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Love Synonyms: hit it up, make friends with, befriend Related terms: get along, get on like a house on fire Translations (develop an amicable relationship): synkata (Finnish), sympathiser (French), finne tonen (Norwegian Bokmål), zaprzyjaźnić się [perfective] (Polish), zaprzyjaźniać się [imperfective] (Polish), simpatizar (Spanish), caerse bien (Spanish), llevarse bien (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter."
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      "sense": "develop an amicable relationship",
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