hit the books

(verb) to study Example Sentences:

A: Do you want to come out tonight?
B: I can’t. I have to hit the books because I have a big test tomorrow.

The students in the library were busy hitting the books when the earthquake started.

A: What did you do last night?
B: I just hit the books. It was a boring night.

From the News:

Delta kids to hit the books at night

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Similar idioms:

1. hit it off
2. hit the road
3. hit the nail on the head
4. hit on someone
5. chew over
6. hit the sack
7. hit the hay
8. hit the town
9. prick up one’s ears
10. hit-and-miss