单词 | to hit up |
释义 | > as lemmasto hit up to hit up 1. To force up; to speed up. With it: to put on pressure; to make efforts in a certain direction. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > put on (speed) > accelerate festinate1556 accelerate1570 quicken1605 swiften1638 urgea1721 press1742 smarten1825 speed1856 to hit up1893 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exert oneself or make an effort [verb (intransitive)] > make efforts in a certain direction to hit up1893 1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 49 I could hear him objurgating Steve Hudson for hitting up the stroke. 1893 W. K. Post Harvard Stories 146 When you are doing better than three and a half [miles an hour], you are hitting it up pretty well. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters xx. 257 Two days after the Universal's triumph in the Belmount field, the Argus began to ‘hit it up’ boldly toward the capital. 1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman iii. 63 Hit her up or you'll be late. 1918 in F. A. Pottle Stretchers (1930) 270 Back he went, while we waited. When he got back with his jam, we hit it up again. It seemed miles before we got anywhere. 2. To make or score (runs). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs fetch1735 run1752 to knock up1837 to knock off1851 to run out1856 to hit off1857 rattle1860 compile1884 to hit up1895 slog1897 1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 May 5/3 Hearne..had hit up 8 runs when he lost Wright. 1899 Daily News 9 June 6/7 They were batting all day, and hit up 397 for the loss of seven wickets. 1928 Evening News 18 Aug. 10/5 Middlesex hit up 365 in the first day's play. 3. to hit (a person) up for: to ask (someone) for. U.S. and New Zealand slang. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] yearnOE bid971 seek971 askOE beseechc1175 banc1275 yerec1275 cravec1300 desirec1330 impetrec1374 praya1382 nurnc1400 pleadc1400 require1400 fraynec1430 proke1440 requisitea1475 wishc1515 supply1546 request1549 implore?c1550 to speak for ——1560 entreat1565 impetratec1565 obtest?1577 solicit1595 invoke1617 mendicate1618 petition1621 imprecate1636 conjurea1704 speer1724 canvass1768 kick1792 I will thank you to do so-and-so1813 quest1897 to hit a person up for1917 1917 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 5 Sept. 28/1 We hit him up for a loan for weeks afterwards and he always came to light too. 1935 C. W. T. Craig Paraguayan Interlude xxv. 291 I..hit him up for a job, and here I am. 1936 J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle 108 Don't hit 'im up for anything else but breakfast. 1957 I. Cross God Boy (1958) xii. 98 ‘I'll have to hit my old man up for a new bike,’ he said. 1972 M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha iii. 135 She hit me up for bread. < as lemmas |
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