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I understand 'clean hit' is a baseball term. Could it be figuratively used to mean 'excellent job' or 'excellent achievement' like:

1. His recent book on horses was a clean hit.

2. He recently wrote a book on horses. It was a clean hit in the field.

3. He got a clean hit on his recent book.

Thank you.

Itasan wrote:I understand 'clean hit' is a baseball term. Could it be figuratively used to mean 'excellent job' or 'excellent achievement' like:

1. His recent book on horses was a clean hit.

2. He recently wrote a book on horses. It was a clean hit in the field.

3. He got a clean hit on his recent book.

Thank you.

UK - I wouldn't use it unless involved with striking something cleanly (on target without causing any damage to the surrounding area. E.G. striking a piece of metal exactly where required, without scuffing/denting the surrounding area of the metal.

Clean hit
Also used in shooting. Similar to a 'clean kill'. The animal went down with one well aimed shot, with no unescessary damage to the fur/feathers/meat of the animal.
Figurativley it could be used to describe an assasination, where the 'hit' is the killing. A clean 'hit' would be one that has gone well without complications.

Oh, I see. Thank you very much. So it's not a baseball term either, right? It's again Japlish it seems.

Itasan wrote:Oh, I see. Thank you very much. So it's not a baseball term either, right? It's again Japlish it seems.

Not Japlish.
It is understood in US and UK