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hit the high spots
hit the high spots
Fig. to do only the important, obvious, or good things. I won't discuss the entire report. I'll just hit the high spots. First, let me hit the high spots; then I'll tell you the details.
hit the high spots
Also, hit the high points. Pay attention only to the most important places or parts. For example, We only had a week in New York, but we managed to hit the high spots, or His speech was brief, but he hit all the high points. This idiom alludes to running a dustcloth or paintbrush over an uneven surface and touching only the raised portions. [c. 1900]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Wira | | WEE-rah (Indonesian) | Indonesian, Malay |
Siani | | - | Welsh |
Konrad | | KAWN-raht (German, Polish) | German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Slovene |
Egbert | | EG-bərt (English), EKH-bərt (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
MartÍ | | - | Catalan |
Ligaya | | - | Tagalog |