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hit the dirt

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger

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Variants

synonym
hit the deck
pasttense
hitted the dirt
presentparticiple
hitting the dirt
thirdpersonsingular
hits the dirt
pastparticiple
hitted the dirt