to hit upon
1hit upon — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2hit upon a solution — index resolve (solve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3hit upon — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hit upon : present tense I/you/we/they hit upon he/she/it hits upon present participle hitting upon past tense hit upon past participle hit upon 1) hit upon something same as hit on 1) She hit upon a clever… …
4hit upon — verb a) To address. He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation. b) To think of; to invent; to realize. 2006. They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files. mdash; Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot ,… …
5hit upon — phr verb Hit upon is used with these nouns as the object: ↑idea …
6hit upon — find what you want or think of something by chance We hit upon the idea of going to the lake for our holiday after our airline reservations were cancelled …
7To hit upon — Hit Hit, v. i. 1. To meet or come in contact; to strike; to clash; followed by against or on. [1913 Webster] If bodies be extension alone, how can they move and hit one against another? Locke. [1913 Webster] Corpuscles, meeting with or hitting on …
8hit upon something — ˈhit on/upon sth derived no passive (rather informal) to think of a good idea suddenly or by chance • She hit on the perfect title for her new novel. Main entry: ↑hitderived …
9hit\ upon — • hit (up)on v To happen to meet, find, or reach; to choose or think by chance, John hit on a business that was just starting to grow rapidly. There seemed to be several explanations of the crime, but the detectives hit on the right one the first …
10hit upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, arrive at, arrive upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come at, come down on, come on, come up against, come upon, descend upon, discover serendipitously, drop on, encounter, fall in… …
