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HIT IT OFF

Specialty Definition: HIT IT OFF

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Literature

Hit it Off (To). To describe a thing tersely and epigrammatically; to make a sketch truthfully and quickly. The French say, "Ce pcintre vous saisit la resemblance en un clin d'oeil. "
To hit it off together. To agree together, or suit each other. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: HIT IT OFF

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Screenplays

He means me - we hit it off right away! (Predatori di Atlantide, I; writing credit: Tito Carpi; Vincenzo Mannino)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: HIT IT OFF

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rosie O'Donnell

My brother Danny, who is gay as well, introduced me to her. He met her at a fundraiser and thought we'd hit it off, and we did.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: HIT IT OFF

Expressions using "HIT IT OFF": hit it off with hit it off with smb.. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: HIT IT OFF

Language Translations for "HIT IT OFF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shkoj mirë (click). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏صور ببراعة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

погаждам се (get along, hitch, rub along). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hodit se (become, befit, fit, throw oneself). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

he eivät sovi keskenään (they do not get on, they don't hit it off). (various references)

   

French

  

décrire. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χτυπώ το. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

למצוא לשון משותפת. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jól megfér vkivel (to cotton, to hit it off with sy), jól kijön vkivel (to hit it off with sy), jól kijön valakivel (hit it off with smb.). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

意気投合 (find a kindred spirit in, hit it off with, mutual understanding, sympathy). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いきとう"う (find a kindred spirit in, hit it off with, mutual understanding, sympathy). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ithay itay offay

   

Romanian

  

se potrivi (agree, assort, become, befit, coincide, comport, dovetail, fit, jump together, register, tally, yoke together), se înţelege bine (click, hitch together, scrape along together). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ладить (cope). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

slagati se (accord, agree, approve, concur, jibe, match, string along, subscribe). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

congeniar (get on, harmonize). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

komma bra överens med (hit it off with). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kanı kaynamak (click, hit it off with smb., take a shine to smb., take to), anlaşmak (agree, bargain, be in rapport with, close, come to an agreement, come to terms, compound, compromise, concert, conspire, cotton, covenant, fix on, fix up on, get along, get along with, getting on with, go along, hit it off with smb., keep in with, make a bargain, reach an agreement, settle, settle with, strike a bargain), ısınmak (become reconciled to, become warmer, get hot, grow warm, have a warm, heat, hit it off with smb., hot, hot up, loosen up, reconcile oneself to, take a shine to smb., take kindly to, warm, warm up). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

ладити (agree, click, cotton). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HIT IT OFF

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-f-h-i-i-o-t-t"

-3 letters: fifth.

-4 letters: thio, tiff, titi, toff, toft, toit.

-5 letters: fit, foh, hit, hot, iff, off, oft, tho, tit, tot.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HIT IT OFF


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 49 54      49 54      4F 46 46

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001001 01010100 00100000 01001001 01010100 00100000 01001111 01000110 01000110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#73 &#84 &#32 &#73 &#84 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#70

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0049 0054      0049 0054      004F 0046 0046

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

424354243542494040

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INDEX

1. Usage: Modern
2. Quotations: Spoken
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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