Meaning of hit a lick | Babel Free

Definitions

To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally.

Multicultural-London-English, idiomatic, slang

Examples

“I figure frauds never hit a lick before So they don't know the feeling when them things get across”

“Fucked my first bitch, passed her to my nigga Hit my first lick, passed with my nigga”

“Listen up I'm about to go and get rich Fuck with me my nigga We gon' circle round the Ville and hit a lick”

“Oh shit, the Pharaoh finna trip again If I ever go broke I'm hitting licks again It ain't shit for me to strip a man Back in high school I used to get it in”

“Not banging them clicks and hitting them licks I'm probably in uptown fucking your bitch I love these bands, I can't go lidge, Imma scam, trap, or hit them licks”

“Oh, don't you be acting mean Oh, there's a .40 in my jeans And oh, if you're tryna hit a lick on the TD, RBC, Scotiabank, RBC, CIBC, PC Financial Holler at me”

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