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  • noun UK, sports A match or session, particularly for practice.
  • noun sports, field hockey A penalty shot, awarded when the ball is deemed to have been sent out of play deliberately.
  • noun Australia, horse racing A fast gallop.

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Examples

  • Tonight, is there a hit-out on Hulk Hogan ` s estranged wife, Linda?

    CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2009 2009

  • Beer said he had also personally benefited from the hit-out ahead of Wednesday's first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • That's his first full hit-out for a while and he did well, so it's a good sensation for him ... as opposed to a bad one.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • "That is going to be a tough assignment so it was good to have a hit-out," he said.

    WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2011

  • West Coast defeated Geelong by eight points in Perth earlier this year and Worsfold said his charges were looking forward to another hit-out at the MCG, where they pushed Collingwood all the way in the qualifying final.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • In Harris' last hit-out before flying to South Africa, he claimed career-best figures of 7-60 in a Sheffield Shield match for Queensland against Tasmania on October 25.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • West Coast defeated Geelong by eight points in Perth earlier this year and Worsfold said his charges were looking forward to another hit-out at the MCG, where they pushed Collingwood all the way in the qualifying final.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The Adelaide hit-out will be the Victory's last official practice match before their much-anticipated season-opener against Sydney FC - a match which will also feature Socceroos teammate

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Stosur clearly had to shed rust in her first hit-out since bowing out in the

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • He's definitely in the Hurricanes' plans for the immediate future, with his run in the pre-season hit-out against the Brumbies yielding an injury-time try that earned the Wellingtonians a share of the spoils.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

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