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hit like a ton of bricks en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To have a sudden and significant emotional impact.
    • His depression hit him like a ton of bricks.
    • “For any decent, law-abiding citizen, there is no honour in this. None at all. You are a bad man, Mr Goodie. And, worst of all, a bad dad. A very bad dad.” That hit Gilbert like a ton of bricks. He looked over to his son with tears in his eyes, as the judge announced the sentence. “Gilbert Goodie, I sentence you to ten years in prison!” 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Forms

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hits like a ton of bricks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hit like a ton of bricks Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit like a ton of bricks Tense=Past lexicographic
hitting like a ton of bricks Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic