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Hit it off   Listen
verb
hit it off  v. i.  To get along well together; to be compatible; to work well together; of people in interactive situations; as, the new chemist hit it off immediately with his supervisor. (Colloq.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Hit it off" Quotes from Famous Books



... they were married, I imagine he and Marjorie Bowes hit it off together comfortably enough. The little we know of it may be brought together in a very short space. She bore him two sons. He seems to have kept her pretty busy, and depended on her to some degree in his work; ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... from my writings (and so, I daresay, are you from yours)—so that we should not necessarily fail to hit it off. ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... strongly desire to remain. The first difficulty is one that comes along now and then. Probably most missionaries, at one time or another, have had a period of living with someone with whom they did not seem to "hit it off." The second difficulty is, for the unmarried worker at least, of much more common occurrence. Over and over again it happens. Just when you and someone else have lived together long enough to rub off the rough corners, and come to a place where you really "fit," along comes an upheaval, ...
— Have We No Rights? - A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries • Mabel Williamson

... to the brim, and fairly bursting with go and energy. A girl wouldn't have a dull moment with a chap like that. You know," he proceeded confidently, "there's a lot in this idea of affinities. Take my word for it, dear old—sir. There's a girl up in London, for instance. Now, she and I hit it off most amazingly. There's hardly a thing we don't think alike about. For instance, 'The Merry Widow' didn't make a bit of a hit with her. Nor did it with me. Yet, look at the millions of people who raved about it. And neither of ...
— The Intrusion of Jimmy • P. G. Wodehouse

... I can't think how it is you and he don't seem to hit it off together. A young fellow that can make himself so ...
— The Divine Fire • May Sinclair

... shoulder-straps. He realized that all these thoughts that raced through his head were but fantasies occasioned no doubt by his own highly wrought nervous condition, but they kept crowding in and bringing the mirth to his eyes. How, for instance, would Mother Marshall and Mother Dare hit it off if they should happen together in the ...
— The Witness • Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

... I am not quite sure that Sharper and his wife hit it off. Oh, nothing much. It's just that when he speaks to her she never answers, and when she speaks to him he never answers. In fact, if she speaks at all he groans and moves his ears. Charming woman, very. Quite pretty. There may be nothing in it. I saw no actual ...
— If Winter Don't - A B C D E F Notsomuchinson • Barry Pain



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