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Be very shocked or surprised by a sudden attack or event.
‘‘I joined in 1964, and was sent to Vietnam as a pay clerk in 1966, and I didn't know what hit me: it was surreal,’ Maj Blair said.’
‘Friday night at Sam's Town Casino, five miles south of the Las Vegas strip: The unsuspecting locals didn't know what hit them.’
‘Quite often what happens is that young men are relatively unaware of their emotions until something goes wrong and then very often they don't know what hit them.’
‘Michigan Democrat Carl Levin still doesn't know what hit him.’
‘Carnacon didn't know what hit them as they tried desperately to protect their goal from a barrage of attacks.’
‘We really didn't know what hit us in England and it wasn't much better last week.’
‘The game got of to a sweltering pace with Camloch scoring 1-4 with no response; it was as if Lisnaskea didn't know what hit them.’
‘But we got the heat turned up now, the cops, they don't know what hit them.’
‘Ten years ago, her fellow competitors in the Miss St Lucia pageant didn't know what hit them when Yasmine soared to the top, securing first place.’
‘I don't know what hit me but I'm getting sleepy, very sleepy.’