v. reach; arrive at; meet.
- 1873  (1904)  In the morning "Twa-poos," or the Three Thumbs, sets forth to look for a moose; he hits the trail and follows it. . . .
- 1919  "Cayuse Braun has passed to the Happy Hunting Ground--he can't talk; Seth, of course, won't; and the Wolf will never stop running till he hits the border. . . ."
- 1961  . . . the Little Qualicum, which hits the saltchuck north-west of Qualicum Beach, has sizeable Cameron Lake on its headwaters. . . .