hit the ground
hit the ground
1. To fall and strike the ground, floor, etc. Please be careful with that vase—it will shatter if it hits the ground. The glass bottle hit the ground and broke into about a million pieces.
2. To drop to the ground and lie prone, usually in an attempt to avoid danger. All the soldiers hit the ground when the enemy plane flew overhead.
See also: ground, hit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- in the ground
- to ground
- hit the ground running
- hit the ground running, to
- shift (one's) ground
- shift ground
- shift your ground
- raze
- raze (something) to the ground
- raze to the ground