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hit the bricks

See definition of hit the bricks on Dictionary.com
  • as indepart
  • as inpicket
  • as instrike

synonyms for hit the bricks

  • abandon
  • blast off
  • disappear
  • escape
  • evacuate
  • exit
  • go
  • pull out
  • quit
  • remove
  • retire
  • vacate
  • withdraw
  • abdicate
  • absent
  • decamp
  • desert
  • emigrate
  • migrate
  • part
  • perish
  • scram
  • secede
  • split
  • start
  • tergiversate
  • troop
  • vanish
  • beat it
  • cut and run
  • cut out
  • get away
  • git
  • go away
  • go forth
  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
  • make a break
  • march out
  • move on
  • move out
  • sally forth
  • say goodbye
  • set forth
  • shove off
  • slip away
  • start out
  • take leave

antonyms for hit the bricks

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  • arrive
  • come in
  • continue
  • enter
  • fill
  • occupy
  • persevere
  • remain
  • stay
  • combine
  • come
  • join
  • linger
  • wait
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    How to use hit the bricks in a sentence

    Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
    THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
    Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
    THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
    One of the men seemed pretty bad, being hit in the head and in the body.
    GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
    You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
    MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
    Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
    THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUS
    He could hit upon no plan, and he couldn't muster confidence to turn in.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    The Frenchman never withdrew his blade; but his very anxiety to make a hit was defeating itself.
    THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
    I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
    RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
    Aunty Rosa hit him over the hands if even a wooden boat were broken.
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