"hit out of the park" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-hit out of the park.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits out of the park [present, singular, third-person], hitting out of the park [participle, present], hit out of the park [participle, past], hit out of the park [past]
Etymology: Suggesting a powerful home run in baseball. Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> out of the park}} hit out of the park (third-person singular simple present hits out of the park, present participle hitting out of the park, simple past and past participle hit out of the park)
  1. (slang, transitive) To be exceedingly successful at (a particular enterprise). Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: knock it out of the park, hit it for six

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