Meanings
verbhit off the line (third-person singular simple present hits off the line, present participle hitting off the line, simple past and past participle hit off the line)
present singular third person hits off the line · participle present hitting off the line
- hobbiesOf a hound, to pick up the scent of a quarry after a check.
Peerless, on the other hand, was worthy of her appellation, and frequently hit off the line when the others were at a loss to know which way their fox had gone across a bit of cold ploughland.
1928, Siegfried Sassoon, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, Penguin, published 2013, page 198
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