hit on | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,slang)Toflirtwith; toapproachand speak to (someone), seekingromance,love,sex, etc.Synonyms:proposition,come on,pass,make a passThat's the third guy that hashit onher tonight.Guys arehitting onthem almost all the time.2003September 23, Bill Amend,FoxTrot(comic):Don Iguan: I have slithered the world over in search of beauty such as yours! Perhaps you'd like to come back to my lair this evening. I'll light some candles... put on some beetle music...Mom: I'm married. Gohit onyour sister.2015,Sheila Roberts,A Wedding on Primrose Street, MIRA,→ISBN,page181:Anne watched as he put an arm around one of the bridesmaids and gave her a decidedly ungrandfatherly squeeze while attempting to look down her dress, then proceeded tohit onthe mother of the groom.; (transitive,idiomatic)Todiscover,pinpoint; tothink up; torealize.Hehit ona great idea for improving the design.I think you've justhitrightonthe solution.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seehit,‎on.1996,Global Journal on Human Rights Law, page210:He washit onhis head so strongly that he stumbled forward and then he was severely hit from several sides.

Examples:

EN: Direct hit on the Colonel's hideout!
ES: - ¡En pleno sobre el refugio del colono!
EN: Since you've hit on the truth, it's better that I should tell you that until I am ready, not a syllable must be breathed on this matter.
ES: Ha dado un golpe en la verdad, es mejor que yo se lo diga hasta que esté listo, no se dirá nada sobre el asunto.
EN: By George, I think I've hit on it.
ES: ¡Dios santo, creo que ya lo tenemos!
EN: From the time you were hit on the head, Mr Fitzpatrick ..
ES: Desde que lo golpearon en la cabeza, Sr. Fitzpatrick,
EN: Unless one hit on someone known as as Prime Minister.
ES: A menos que uno llegue a Primer Ministro.
EN: I've just been telling Mr. Miller, I think you've hit on something big.
ES: Se lo decía yo al Sr. Miller, yo creo que es un gran acierto.
EN: At the elks dance, when that big Swede hit on you.
ES: ¿Y en el baile, cuando ese sueco trató de ligar contigo?
EN: We saw a cop get hit on the head.
ES: Vimos a un policía al que golpearon en la cabeza.
EN: Man who hit on my roof and went to sleep and woke me up in the middle of the night when it started to rain. Who ? Who ?
ES: Un hombre que se pone como loco, se va a dormir y... me despierta en mitad de la noche cuando empieza a llover. ¿Quién?
EN: Tell me, Charlie. How did you ever happen to hit on the clue?
ES: Dígame, Charlie, ¿cómo logró dar con la pista?
EN: He won't have another hit on Broadway.
ES: No tendrá éxito en Broadway.
EN: I'm not gonna have another hit on Broadway.
ES: No tendré otro éxito en Broadway.
EN: In the struggle I was hit on the head.
ES: - Me pegó en la cabeza.
EN: I was attacked, hit on the head, thrown into the river... Picked up for dead.
ES: Fui atacado, golpeado en la cabeza, tirado en el río... tenido por muerto.
EN: We've got a hit on our hands.
ES: La obra fue un éxito rotundo.

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