"hit the shops" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hits the shops [present, singular, third-person], hitting the shops [participle, present], hit the shops [participle, past], hit the shops [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hits the shops|hitting the shops|hit the shops|hit the shops}} hit the shops (third-person singular simple present hits the shops, present participle hitting the shops, simple past and past participle hit the shops)
  1. (idiomatic) To become available for purchase at retail locations. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: hit the shelves, hit the stores, hit the streets
    Sense id: en-hit_the_shops-en-verb-TkdNK~vP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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