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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

hit the town

Dear teachers,

In the TV (show how I met your mother) I can't understand what " hit the town" mean. Does it mean arrive or go?

Barney: We're going to Sascha's.
Ted: Who the hell is Sascha?
Barney: Sascha !! She's having friends over for drinks at her house. It's going to be legendary.

The Show's narrator ( older Ted): So Barney and I "hit the town", Philadelphia, PA, our first and only stop, Sascha's party.

Much obliged beforehand.
  

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To hit the town means to go out partying and drinking. It does not mean arrive or leave, and it does not refer to any particular town.

— Probus

  • To hit the town means to go out partying and drinking.
  • It does not mean arrive or leave, and it does not refer to any particular town.
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To hit the town means to go out partying and drinking.

It does not mean arrive or leave, and it does not refer to any particular town.
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Many thanks for your reply.
So in the above conversation, The older Ted means: They went to Philadelphia to party?
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Maybe, but they were probably already in Philadelphia, so they didn't need to go anywhere but out in order to hit the town.
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Thanks for your reply.
One more question;

My friend and I are both at our own house.
I call to tell him;

Hey, today has been a boring day, let's hit the town.

Does this mean; to get out and have fun by going to a bar drinking or generally having fun.
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It doesn't matter to use it if we're already in town or village etc?
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Where they are does not matter. "Hit the town" means go out to party.
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Thank you very much.
I can't thank you enough.
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