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Suddenly the dog hit upon a good idea. He lit up a fire and began to fry fish.

Trying to describe how the five planets in the night sky followed seemingly irregular paths, Ptolemy hit upon an idea he called epicycles.

That time is just a temporary hit upon a sudden idea, then for a long time did not have to have been higher.

I thought to myself that finding me to be such an innocent he had hit upon some excuse for demanding more.

It might take a few failed attempts and dead ends before you finally hit upon the true purpose of your life.

Howard realizes that he has hit upon a solution to one of the main problems in enjoying a satisfactory life- style .

By assigning as many interpretations to one's problem as possible, one is likely to hit upon the best solution to it.

I hit upon a more accessible solution: Let the user create a directory that mimics the final Web site and automatically produces the output.

He hit upon a good method to speed up the progress of the experiment, but opinions differed among members of the group on it.

I've taught an introductory software engineering course for a couple of years, and I think I've hit upon an approach that works.

At a time when it was hard to find quality leather, Gucci hit upon an alternative: the embossed canvas that is now a mainstay of the brand.

Ellis, who was unemployed and living on benefit, hit upon the idea that she should go out to work as a waitress.

I leaned my head on the back of my beach chair and realized she had hit upon a subject that was crucial for me at this time.

After experimenting with the proportions, Rosen hit upon a Lean Material that consists of up to 70 percent chalk and 30 percent polyolefins.

Unfortunately, by Peel's day, some ideas originally hit upon by the Scholastics of the Spanish Golden Century had been entirely forgotten.

The solution that financial policymakers hit upon was to have the IMF create a new international reserve currency: the SDR.

The font size of the h1 element is smaller (actually, I hit upon the size I wanted through a little trial and error).

I fail to recall his name or where I met him when I hit upon him in a party.

She hit upon a good title for her new novel .

It believes it has hit upon a brilliant strategy to deliver exciting new services and guarantee future growth.

Through patient calculation, I think I have hit upon the cause of your confusion and misunderstanding of the existing facts.

The pressure mounted (! ), and soon Jim hit upon a solution- he started faking his own orgasm.

When once you have found a motive the chances are that you will hit upon evidence that till then had escaped you.

While scientists were stimulating a patient's nucleus accumbens, they hit upon a "sweet spot" that made her laugh (image D).

The reverend gentleman hit upon yet another means of helping the poor.

But in seeking to justify his actions during war time, he does, perhaps unwittingly, hit upon a reasonable and rather important argument.

She hit upon the perfect title for her new novel.

Yahoo! 's corporate research unit, like others, has hit upon a strategy to tap into fresh ideas and young talent at universities.

Another group of scientists who were similarly on the trail of a sour-taste receptor also hit upon PKD2L1 as a candidate.

Four years ago he hit upon the daring idea of landing on a moving glacier in a helicopter to measure its speed.

In other words, one needs to be a cultural relativist to know when one is being hit upon.

This attack could've ended badly for us, but we inflicted a devastating hit upon the foremost tank and it flared up like a flaming torch.

He crouched there for a long time before he hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.

With the addition of sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, Spanish cooks finally hit upon the right combination of flavors.

If I hit upon the right name, her fingers snapped.

He hit upon a strange idea that he could become famous by climbing up Mount Everest.

Robert has hit upon an idea that will get us out of our difficulty.

Scientists probing the outer reaches of our solar system have hit upon an unusual phenomenon much closer to home.

It's not quite the fountain of youth, but Mayo Clinic scientists may have hit upon a way to slow the aging process.

Just before their letter arrived, he hit upon an ingenious idea: rather than dig for oil, why not drill for it?

At last they conspired together and hit upon a plan that promised a dazzling victory.

As wood is extremely dear at D----, he hit upon the idea of having a compartment of boards constructed in the cow-shed.

Two boats managed to get away and eventually hit upon the desert island of Trebucket .

They both hit upon the same idea for the main feature of their designs.

A new study may have hit upon another way to improve stem cells' ability to help repair damaged tissue.

Hackers also use software to test potential passwords until they hit upon the right one.

The impressive inventor, Thomas Edison , used this state to hit upon many of his new ideas.

In fact, she struck gold in that the spade hit upon a small golden casket.

They hit upon a solution after trying several methods.

He hit upon a perfect name for his grandson.

At last they hit upon a plan which promised glorious victory.

finally hit on the answer; hit upon a solution to the problem.

Translation They had clearly hit upon a pressing need.

As to the baby's name, the scholar racked his brains, but just could not hit upon a suitable one.

Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak.

I hit upon a sudden idea on television, according to the tip picked up on tea table XXXXXXXX "phone dial the number" .

He hit upon a novel idea to resolve his difficulty.

Then an idea hit upon me. Are't those several iron fences some kind of framework or system?

At last she hit upon a room that suited them nicely.

It's a rare book. I hit upon it in a small bookshop .

He hit upon a plan to defeat his antagonist.

Suddenly I hit upon an idea: why not leave every other line on my note paper blank?

Then, in 1904, Twain hit upon the right way to tell his story.

Maybe the plan that we hit upon was illogical, but it is effective.

famous In order to become famous they must hit upon a distinctive "signature" .

Hit upon on nose recently spot of a lot of flyspeck, how to do?

After "quite a lot of coughing" , he hit upon the correct size range which was between 15-20 microns.

Enya didn't receive much notice, but Enya and the Ryans' second effort, Watermark, became a surprise hit upon its release in 1988.

Last year, while looking to buy a pepper shaker online, he hit upon the idea of a Google Price Index (GPI).

But have you ever hit upon such an idea, the combination of various raters?

sleep. Suddenly he hit upon an idea. He had an idea not wait for daybreak. He jumped out

all of whom claim to have hit upon their discoveries by dynamic visual imagery

Hit upon a solution to the problem

The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. As their own command of