I think you have hit the mark. --Shak.
2. To reach or attain exactly; to meet according to the
occasion; to perform successfully; to attain to; to accord
with; to be conformable to; to suit.
Birds learning tunes, and their endeavors to hit the
notes right. --Locke.
There you hit him; . . . that argument never fails
with him. --Dryden.
Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense
of human sight. --Milton.
He scarcely hit my humor. --Tennyson.
3. To guess; to light upon or discover. ``Thou hast hit it.''
--Shak.
4. (Backgammon) To take up, or replace by a piece belonging
to the opposing player; -- said of a single unprotected
piece on a point.
{To hit off}, to describe with quick characteristic strokes;
as, to hit off a speaker. --Sir W. Temple.
{To hit out}, to perform by good luck. [Obs.] --Spenser.