hit the ceiling in English

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hit the ceiling.wav

Forms: hits the ceiling [present, singular, third-person], hitting the ceiling [participle, present], hit the ceiling [participle, past], hit the ceiling [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the ceiling}} hit the ceiling (third-person singular simple present hits the ceiling, present participle hitting the ceiling, simple past and past participle hit the ceiling)

Inflected forms

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"hit the ceiling" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms