when there is a hue and cry about something, a lot of people complain noisily about it.

Local people raised a terrible hue and cry about the plan to close the village school.

• hit home
• hit it off
• hit it off with
• hit it off with someone
• hit like a ton of bricks
• hit list
• hit man
• hit on
• hit on someone
• hit on something
• hit or miss
• hit pay dirt
• hit right between the eyes
• hit rock bottom
• hit someone between the eyes
• hit someone like a ton of bricks
• hit someone right between the eyes
• hit someone up
• hit someone where it hurts
• hit someone where it hurts most
• hit something hard
• hits the fan
• hit stride
• hit the books
• hit the bottle