"hit the mark" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "miss the mark"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the mark",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the mark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the mark"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the mark (third-person singular simple present hits the mark, present participle hitting the mark, simple past and past participle hit the mark)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 8:",
          "text": "You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. […] We ticked off our options: dancing, the bars, a movie, the theatre, the baths, a concert, dinner at a good restaurant. None of them hit the mark. We both realized that what we most wanted was to spend a quiet evening at home, socializing with some of our gay male friends.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To succeed or work very well; to do the trick."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_the_mark-en-verb-tlMqEREp",
      "links": [
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "do the trick",
          "do the trick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To succeed or work very well; to do the trick."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hit the spot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the mark"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "miss the mark"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits the mark",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the mark",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit the mark",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> the mark"
      },
      "expansion": "hit the mark (third-person singular simple present hits the mark, present participle hitting the mark, simple past and past participle hit the mark)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hit the spot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 8:",
          "text": "You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. […] We ticked off our options: dancing, the bars, a movie, the theatre, the baths, a concert, dinner at a good restaurant. None of them hit the mark. We both realized that what we most wanted was to spend a quiet evening at home, socializing with some of our gay male friends.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To succeed or work very well; to do the trick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "succeed",
          "succeed"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "do the trick",
          "do the trick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To succeed or work very well; to do the trick."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit the mark"
}