Usually means: Satisfy a specific need perfectly.
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  1. hit the spot: Merriam-Webster
  2. hit the spot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hit the spot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. hit the spot: Wiktionary
  5. hit the spot: Dictionary.com
  6. hit the spot: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. hit the spot: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. hit the spot: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hit the spot)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.

Similar:
suit, belike, please, list, care for, queme, allow, like of, like, appeal, more...

Opposite:
miss mark, fall short, unsatisfying

Types:
satisfying, fulfilling, gratifying, pleasing, satiating, quenching, appeasing, contenting, more...

Phrases:
hit the right spot, more...

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Similar:
suit, belike, please, list, care for, queme, allow, like of, like, appeal, more...

Opposite:
miss mark, fall short, unsatisfying

Types:
satisfying, fulfilling, gratifying, pleasing, satiating, quenching, appeasing, contenting, more...

Phrases:
hit the right spot, more...



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