Meanings
present singular third person hits it off · participle present hitting it off
- informalTo 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.
2 more examples
Those two are really hitting it off. I wouldn't be surprised if they started dating soon.
“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.
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, →ISSNSynonyms: hit it up, make friends with, befriend
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish synkata
- synkatadevelop an amicable relationship
French sympathiser
- sympathiserdevelop an amicable relationship
Norwegian Bokmål finne tonen
- finne tonendevelop an amicable relationship
Polish zaprzyjaźniać się, zaprzyjaźnić się
- zaprzyjaźniać siędevelop an amicable relationship
- zaprzyjaźnić siędevelop an amicable relationship
Spanish simpatizar, caerse bien
- simpatizardevelop an amicable relationship
- caerse biendevelop an amicable relationship
- llevarse biendevelop an amicable relationship
Cite this entry
hit it off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20it%20off
“hit it off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20it%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hit it off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hit%20it%20off.
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