hit it for six

English

Verb

hit it for six (third-person singular simple present hits it for six, present participle hitting it for six, simple past and past participle hit it for six)

1. To hit a cricket ball over the boundary of a cricket pitch and thus score six runs.
2. To hit something hard.
   • 25 Aug 2005, , British pilot who saved palace dies, Tampa Bay Times[1]

     “There was no time to weigh up the situation,” Mr. Holmes recalled afterward. His airplane looked so flimsy, I didn’t think of it as solid and substantial. I just went on and hit it for six. I thought my aircraft would cut right through it, not allowing for the fact that his plane was as strong as mine!”

3. To be exceedingly successful at (a particular enterprise).
   • 2015 December 12, James Naughtie, “Sparring with Blair, eating squirrel and that Jeremy Hunt slip - why I’ll miss the Today programme”, in daily mail.co.uk‎^[2]:

     If you tried an offbeat last question, he(Tony Blair)’d always hit it for six and everyone was happy.

   • 2019 May 16, “Driving Mercedes-Benz’s first-ever pure-electric vehicle”, in stuff.co.nz‎^[3]:

     Mercedes-Benz has mastered EV brake pedal feel, with a smooth and easy feel between regeneration and braking. Most other manufacturers still can’t get this combination right, so it’s good to see Benz hit it for six on its first attempt.

   • 2020 January 9, “1AM”, in Nasty‎^[4], performed by Jaykae and Kida Kudz:

     JAEKAE: Free all my G’s, they got locked for licks. Five minutes of fame and I’m hittin’ for six. Past seven, eight, nine, and you’re in my bits.

Synonyms

• hit out of the park