HITS (UP) Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

hits (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of hit (up)

as in asks

to make a request of she's always hitting me up for money

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The group also claims to have obtained a playable build of the game and asks users for cryptocurrency donations.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
One day, a stranger hands you a tablet and asks you to identify the correct words in a passage or find information in a chart.

— Jennifer D. Kobrin, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of asks

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Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of requests

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Jeff Arnett invites visitors to pour their own bottle of Tennessee whiskey in the bottling room in Townsend, TN.

— Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Clad in reflective sheets of corrugated aluminum that extend six inches into the ground, the square structure invites curiosity.

— Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 24 Aug. 2026

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