Phrase guide

without a hitch

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Of an event or process, without any problems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep_phrase

Meaning 2

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see without, hitch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The truck he'd bought was without a hitch.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: com una seda — without any problems
  • French: sans aucun problème — without any problems
  • German: wie am Schnürchen — without any problems
  • Greek: χωρίς πρόβλημα (chorís próvlima) — without any problems
  • Hungarian: zökkenőmentesen — without any problems
  • Hungarian: simán — without any problems
  • Hungarian: gond/nehézség/fennakadás/zökkenő nélkül — without any problems
  • Central Kurdish: بێ گرێ (bê grê) — without any problems
  • Northern Kurdish: bê girê — without any problems
  • Polish: bez zarzutu — without any problems
  • Spanish: sin problemas/contratiempos/percances/complicaciones/menoscabo — without any problems
  • Swedish: gå som på räls — without any problems
  • Ukrainian: як по маслу (jak po maslu) — without any problems
  • Ukrainian: гладесенько (hladesenʹko) — without any problems
  • Ukrainian: гладко (hladko) — without any problems
  • Ukrainian: без проблем — without any problems
  • Ukrainian: без збоїв (bez zbojiv) — without any problems