Meaning of hit upon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To address.
2. To think of; to discover or invent.
   idiomatic

Examples

“He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.”

“So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box.”

“They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.”

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