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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
take a hit
Empty homes and for-sale signs clutter neighborhoods. Layoffs are on the rise. Paychecks and retirement investments are taking a hit.
This further question comes from an old one. I looked up several online dictionaries and found the original meaning of to take a hit is to inhale through the nose. But in the context above, GG explains it as: Paychecks are not as high as they have been, and people are putting less money into their retirement investments. So my question is how this comes from its original meaning? BTW, can anyone tell me what's explicitly it mean by taking a hit in this context? Thanks a lot.
This further question comes from an old one. I looked up several online dictionaries and found the original meaning of to take a hit is to inhale through the nose. But in the context above, GG explains it as: Paychecks are not as high as they have been, and people are putting less money into their retirement investments. So my question is how this comes from its original meaning? BTW, can anyone tell me what's explicitly it mean by taking a hit in this context? Thanks a lot.
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In the context, 'take a hit' basically means 'be negatively affected' -- as if paychecks and retirement investments had been attacked.
- In the context, 'take a hit' basically means 'be negatively affected' -- as if paychecks and retirement investments had been attacked.
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In the context, 'take a hit' basically means 'be negatively affected' -- as if paychecks and retirement investments had been attacked.
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