Bag
Bag verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.
Usage example: bagged a full fellowship at one of the nation's leading universities
Hit
Hit verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.
Usage example: the rock band hit “the big time” with their third album
Nearby Word: hitting
How words are described
| old | old bag | old hit |
| normal | normal bag | normal hit |
| perfect | perfect bag | perfect hit |
| original | original bag | original hit |
| Other adjectives: free, single, heavy, small, actual, massive, big, great, huge, black, extra, last, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The candidate had to hit a string a bag with gold was hanging on — if he hit the string, the gold was his.
Source: William Telling -
He assumes that he's got the match in the bag as long as he doesn't let the mummy hit or grab him.
Source: Zombie Gait - Fischer (as can be seen in the video) had been hit by a bag of color, which ruptured his eardrums and had to defend the decision of his government to get involved in the 1999 Kosovo war.
Source: Holding the Floor
Cite this Source
Hit and Bag. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bag/hit
Bag & Hit. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bag/hit>.
Hit or Bag. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bag/hit.
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