"hit off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits off [present, singular, third-person], hitting off [participle, present], hit off [participle, past], hit off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> off}} hit off (third-person singular simple present hits off, present participle hitting off, simple past and past participle hit off)
  1. (transitive, dated) To describe with quick characteristic strokes. Tags: dated, transitive Related terms: hit it off
    Sense id: en-hit_off-en-verb-cHHPGEaB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hit off meaning in English (1.2kB)

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          "text": "to hit off a speaker",
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        {
          "text": "c. 1652-1654, Dorothy Osborne, letter to William Temple\nHave we not here some local squires hit off to the life?"
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        "To describe with quick characteristic strokes."
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        "(transitive, dated) To describe with quick characteristic strokes."
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        "To describe with quick characteristic strokes."
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