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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hit a note" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe either a literal or figurative accomplishment. For example: "When she sang the high note, she really hit a note!".
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"Love and Consequences" immediately hit a note with many reviewers.
"Bernie Sanders came out of the woodwork and hit a note and it's one note.
Eventually he even hit a note – though more by luck than judgement".
I see it as something quite camp and glam – you hit a note, let it ring and then WIAOW!
Nelson knew he'd hit a note he would likely never reach again if he spent a dozen more lifetimes in sports.
It moves and it sings, even if the gifted Broadway musical star Audra McDonald, who appears as Ruth Younger, doesn't ever actually get to hit a note.
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He never hits a note true.
The flute hits a note, then slides meaningfully downward.
"He hits a note and it goes voomp! this crazy sound," Ms. Gray recalled.
And I sing sharp sometimes," meaning she sometimes hits a note on the high, screechy side.
She makes expressive use of dynamics: hitting a note strong and then drawing it back, or inflating a soft purr into a siren call.
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