hit out
— phrasal verb with hit /hɪt/ verb (present tense hitting, past tense and past participle hit)Definition
› to criticize something or someone strongly: The Medical Association yesterday hit out at government cuts in healthcare services.Talking angrilyDisapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of hit out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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