"nervous hit" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-nervous hit.ogg [Australia] Forms: nervous hits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} nervous hit (plural nervous hits)
  1. (theater, idiomatic, England) A production which receives generally favorable notice, but is not assured of success. Tags: England, idiomatic Categories (topical): Theater Related terms: qualified success
    Sense id: en-nervous_hit-en-noun-DAPofDew Categories (other): English English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

Inflected forms

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