switch-hit

Definitions

Examples

• The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

• The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

• I was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off.

• We hit it off amazingly well, and started a real friendship.

• They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.

• Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.

• He lifted his head, looked around him, and was just going to switch off the light, when he noticed the open book on his table.

• He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.

• One of the men seemed pretty bad, being hit in the head and in the body.

• He could hit upon no plan, and he couldn't muster confidence to turn in.