"kill it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: kills it [present, singular, third-person], killing it [participle, present], killed it [participle, past], killed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kill it (third-person singular simple present kills it, present participle killing it, simple past and past participle killed it)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To perform or do something outstandingly, to be very impressive. Tags: colloquial, intransitive Synonyms: hit one out of the ballpark, hit the nail on the head Related terms: kill it with fire
    Sense id: en-kill_it-en-verb-GX1dAicV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

Inflected forms

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