Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Hit it Off

(To). To describe a thing tersely and epigrammatically; to make a sketch truthfully and quickly. The French say, “Ce pcintre vous saisit la resemblance en un clin d'oeil.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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