to criticize someone or something very strongly
to say or do something in order to cause someone emotional pain
to try to hit someone or something in an uncontrolled way
A hand groped swiftly and expertly in his bush-jacket pocket; he hit out wildly.
Gerald's hand came up in the air like a claw, and she was sure that he was going to hit out at her.
He screamed and hit out at her.
He stopped, added truthfully, `Not because I miss her so much," and waited for Laura the bereaved mother to hit out at him.
I was hurt, and hit out at both of them.
Ms Wallis hit out at the court’s decision.
hits out
hitting out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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