hit someone for six

Meanings:

• 1.

  UKCommonwealthSportCricket
  • In cricket, to score six runs by hitting the ball over the boundary without it touching the ground.

• 2.

  GlobalUKUSInformalIdiomatic
  • To affect or shock someone very strongly; to overwhelm or astonish with unexpected news or events.

• 3.

  UKUSInformalColloquial
  • To strike or hit another person with considerable force.