ADJ.

direct

VERB + HIT

give sth, make, score

Give it a good hit At last he managed to score a hit.

| receive, suffer, take

One of the tanks took a direct hit.

HIT + NOUN

list

She was at the top of the terrorists' hit list (= the list of people they intended to kill)

for over two years. Which services are on the government's hit list?

| man, squad

He claimed that a hit man had been paid £

20,000 to kill him.

ADJ.

big, greatest, huge, massive, real, smash

The show has been a smash hit.

| immediate, instant | box-office, chart

The band are here to promote their latest chart hit.

HIT + NOUN

album, film, movie, record, show, single, song | parade

(old-fashioned) The single was number one in the British hit parade

PREP.

~ with

The series has been a big hit with children.

ADV.

hard

She didn't hit me very hard.

| almost, nearly

A taxi almost hit him as he was crossing the street.

| accidentally

I accidentally hit my knee on the desk.

VERB + HIT

want to

I was so angry, I wanted to hit him.

| be going to

I was afraid he was going to hit me.

PREP.

in

She hit him in the face.

| on

I hit my head on the low doorway.

| with

He hit her with a stick.

PHRASES

hit sb over the head

He was hit over the head with a broken bottle.

ADV.

badly, hard, heavily, severely

Our department has been badly hit by the cutbacks. Some businesses have been hit very hard by the rise in interest rates.

PHRASAL VERBS hit out

ADV.

hard | wildly

I just hit out wildly in all directions.

PREP.

at

In a rousing speech the minister hit out at racism in the armed forces.