"hit the headlines" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hit the headlines.ogg [Australia] Forms: hits the headlines [present, singular, third-person], hitting the headlines [participle, present], hit the headlines [participle, past], hit the headlines [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hit<,,hit> the headlines}} hit the headlines (third-person singular simple present hits the headlines, present participle hitting the headlines, simple past and past participle hit the headlines)
  1. To appear prominently in the news, especially on the front page. Synonyms: make the headlines, grab the headlines Translations (Translations): nousta otsikoihin (Finnish), päästä otsikoihin (Finnish), olla etusivun juttu (Finnish), faire la une (French), faire les gros titres (French), trafiać na pierwsze strony gazet [imperfective] (Polish), trafić na pierwsze strony gazet [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hit_the_headlines-en-verb-L4x6Eqgi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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