hit upon
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hit upon (third-person singular simple present hits upon, present participle hitting upon, simple past and past participle hit upon)
- To address.
- He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.
- (idiomatic) To think of; to discover or invent.
- 2006 October 10, Miguel Helft, Matt Richtel, “Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot”, in New York Times:
- They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.