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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hit the books en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Australia, US, figuratively, informal) To study, especially with particular intensity.
    • They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
hitting the books Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hits the books Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
hit the books Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit the books Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

crack a book

Translations (5)

ro pune pe învățat (study) · cs šrotit (study) · es hincar los codos (study) · ru зубри́ть (study) · cs šprtat (study)