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Definition of Hit the dirt
1. Verb. Fall or drop suddenly, usually to evade some danger. "The soldiers hit the dirt when they heard gunfire"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hit The Dirt
Literary usage of Hit the dirt
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"He never even hit the dirt. CATCHES—It would of been a short hop and I couldn't
... Hook: A curve ball. Peg: A throw. Hop: To bound. hit the dirt: To slide. ..."
2. Guatemala, Getting Away with Murder: An Americas Watch and Physicians for by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), Anne Manuel, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1991)
"One of the wounded says he survived because when he hit the dirt, two dead people
fell on top of him. This witness later had to have a finger on his left ..."
3. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"Look at the baseman to see how he is playing, and "hit the dirt" so as to make
it as difficult as possible for him to tag you. Of course, the coacher will ..."
4. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"Everyone except the Aussie and MacArthur hit the dirt and started sliding back
down the slope. After the brigadier had finished, MacArthur folded up the map ..."
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