Hit and To touch

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Hit verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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To touch and hit are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To touch" with "Hit", this terms are similar.

Nearby Word: hitting

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Hit and to touch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hit" instead a verb phrase "To touch".

Meaningful Echo: Gin and other youkai in the Yamagami Forest constantly remind Hotaru not to touch Gin or he'll disappear; Hotaru often forgets this and is hit by Gin whenever she tries to hug him.

Source: Manga / Hotarubi No Mori E
Baseball player Fred Merkle spent almost his entire professional career being blamed for costing the New York Giants the 1908 National League pennant because he failed to touch second base after a game-winning hit.

Source: Mis-blamed
What most of the fans who blamed him conveniently forgot was at the time the rule requiring runners to touch the next base after a hit was rarely enforced on "walkoff" hits and customarily ignored by veteran players.

Source: Mis-blamed

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