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 time.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
hit upon — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hit 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… … English dictionary
hit 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 ,… … Wiktionary
hit upon — phr verb Hit upon is used with these nouns as the object: ↑idea … Collocations dictionary
hit 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 … Idioms and examples
hit upon a solution — index resolve (solve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hit 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… … Moby Thesaurus
hit upon — Find, discover, find out, fall upon, light upon, chance upon … New dictionary of synonyms
hit upon — See: HIT ON … Dictionary of American idioms
hit upon — See: HIT ON … Dictionary of American idioms
