hit it off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

hit it off (third-person singular simple present hits it off, present participle hitting it off, simple past and past participle hit it off)

1. (informal) To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.

   I really hit it off with Jack, and hired him without needing an interview.

   Those two are really hitting it off. I wouldn't be surprised if they started dating soon.

   • 2023 February 6, Lizzie Cernik, “How we met: ‘He sent 40 Valentine’s cards with all the different things he loved about me’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “My profile said ‘Australian tennis player’ so I think Savannah had visions of me at Wimbledon,” he laughs. “In reality, I was paying for the opportunity to play at an academy.” Even so, they soon hit it off.

Synonyms

• hit it up
• make friends with
• befriend

Translations

develop an amicable relationship

• Finnish: synkata (fi)
• French: sympathiser (fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: finne tonen

• Polish: zaprzyjaźnić się (pl) pf, zaprzyjaźniać się (pl) impf
• Spanish: simpatizar (es), caerse bien, llevarse bien

See also

• get along
• get on like a house on fire