Verb
hit the mark (third-person singular simple present hits the mark, present participle hitting the mark, simple past and past participle hit the mark)
(figuratively) To succeed or work very well; to do the trick.
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe it might interest a philosopher, one who can think himself, to read my notes. For even if I have hit the mark only rarely, he would recognize what targets I had been ceaselessly aiming at. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you're supposed to be able to hit the mark day after day. Garry Trudeau
He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it. George Horne
It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting. Judy Holliday
A blind man may sometimes hit the mark. Romanian Proverb