hit out

See also: hitout and hit-out

English

Verb

hit out (third-person singular simple present hits out, present participle hitting out, simple past and past participle hit out)

1. To strike out with the fist, usually without planning or accuracy.

   Feeling somebody grab at his wallet in the darkness, he hit out at the assailant.

2. (figurative) To react viciously (towards someone/something).
3. (obsolete) To perform by good luck.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

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