hit against

hit against (someone or something)

To strike someone or something. Hail hit against me as I ran from my car to the building. We need to reposition that couch—the door hits against it every time someone comes in.
See also: hit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hit against someone or something

to strike against someone or something. The door hit against me as I went through. The door hit against my foot as I went out.
See also: hit
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • hit against (someone or something)
  • get up against
  • get up against (someone or something)
  • clash
  • clash against
  • clash against (someone or something)
  • fortify (someone or something) against (something) with (something)
  • against
  • against (someone or something)
  • avenge (oneself) against (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
But, into the same net, Andros Townsend's hit against Manchester City (left) was as pure a strike as you are ever likely to see.
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The double hundred that he has hit against Zimbabwe has only pushed his case further for being a tremendous force to be reckoned with as the 2019 World Cup is right around the corner.
Zoom zoom Zaman
Both teams scored in the first inning with Windy City manufacturing a run without a hit against Schaumburg starter Sam Myers, who was signed before the game.
Boomers lose 4-1
Having hit the first four deliveries of the match for fours, the opener was caught on the fifth as he attempted a big hit against slow left-armer Haroon Sadaqat.
All-round Iftikhar steers KG to last-four stage
Then with half time imminent, Jake Lovatt teed up Cocks whose shot hit against the angle of post and crossbar before Muzzy Nduna drilled the rebound beneath Crane.
Scholars too strong for Greenbacks
I would put on the lights in the garden and hit against the wall hundreds of times.
Here's when Federer felt insulted
48 - Winners Konta hit against Simona Halep in Tuesday's quarter-final.
A numbers game for queen Konta
The attack, which both Israel and Bulgaria blamed on Hezbollah, was the deadliest hit against Israelis abroad since 2004.
Bulgaria court error delays trial over Israeli bombing
A hit against criminals" Santos wrote on his Twitter account.
Colombia seizes largestever cocaine shipment
Motors and crushers can be loud, truck engines, places where metal might hit against metal, hammers that are hit against metal, and even loud power tools and landscape tools.
Noise and dust suppression at Luck Stone
A 30-year-old Emirati was killed in an accident when the car he was driving hit against a heavy truck on Emirates Road, Dubai.
Emirati dies as car hits truck on Emirates Road
"He believes he can play and can get a big hit against a guy," North coach Corey Nicholsen said of Stapley.
North takes Huskies' punch
Wade said: "The first nine-darter here (Brendan Dolan's in 2011) was hit against me.
Nine-darter but Scots star suffers KO; DARTS
Dandiya is often performed at night using decorative sticks, which are hit against each other to the rhythm of traditional songs.
Dandiya spectacle at Indian Club