hit out at
phrasal verb
hit out at; hitting out at; hits out at
informal
: to make an angry attack against (someone)
The singer hit out at her critics.
Examples of hit out at in a Sentence
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Sam Harris, the philosopher and author, has hit out at Joe Rogan over his podcast, receiving swift backlash on social media for his comments.
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Israeli director Abraham, who had previously criticised the organisation’s failure to publicly support Hamdan in the wake of his arrest, has hit out at a letter co-signed by Bill Kramer and Janet Yang sent to Academy members on Wednesday, seemingly in response to what happened to Ballal.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance also hit out at European allies for doing too little to support Ukraine, contain Russia and bolster their own military readiness.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, Buttigieg hit out at Trump on X after the president suggested Wednesday's deadly Washington, D.C., plane crash, involving an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter, might have been the fault of DEI initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Amid the controversy, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has hit out at La Liga president Javier Tebas.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump was quick to hit out at Swift after this sharing several posts about the singer.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
In a series of posts on the X social media platform — which Musk owns — the tech tycoon hit out at the U.K.’s Labour government, criticizing its handling of historic child abuse scandals.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
Fico, whose views on Russia have sharply differed from the European mainstream, has previously hit out at Kyiv’s refusal to extend the transit deal, and threatened to end electricity supplies to Ukraine in response.
—Hanna Arhirova and Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Israeli director Abraham, who had previously criticised the organisation’s failure to publicly support Hamdan in the wake of his arrest, has hit out at a letter co-signed by Bill Kramer and Janet Yang sent to Academy members on Wednesday, seemingly in response to what happened to Ballal.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance also hit out at European allies for doing too little to support Ukraine, contain Russia and bolster their own military readiness.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2025
On Thursday, Buttigieg hit out at Trump on X after the president suggested Wednesday's deadly Washington, D.C., plane crash, involving an American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter, might have been the fault of DEI initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Amid the controversy, Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has hit out at La Liga president Javier Tebas.
—Sam Leveridge, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump was quick to hit out at Swift after this sharing several posts about the singer.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
In a series of posts on the X social media platform — which Musk owns — the tech tycoon hit out at the U.K.’s Labour government, criticizing its handling of historic child abuse scandals.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
Fico, whose views on Russia have sharply differed from the European mainstream, has previously hit out at Kyiv’s refusal to extend the transit deal, and threatened to end electricity supplies to Ukraine in response.
—Hanna Arhirova and Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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