Usually means: Surprise or shock someone greatly.
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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word hit someone for six:

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  1. hit someone for six: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit someone for six: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit someone for six: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (hit someone for six)

verb:  (cricket) To score six points against (a bowler) by hitting the ball over the boundary.
verb:  (informal, idiomatic) To affect in a devastating way by some unexpected news.
verb:  (informal, idiomatic) To hit another person very hard.

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