Republican Tax Bill Hits Snag Over Deficit Concerns

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Does "hits" here mean "successes"? The successes stagger over deficit reasons.

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Republican Tax Bill Hits Snag Over Deficit Concerns
By THOMAS KAPLAN, ALAN RAPPEPORT and JIM TANKERSLEY 10:31 PM ET
Senate Republicans scrambled to find ways to raise about $500 billion after some members expressed concerns that the bill would balloon budget deficits.

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@oristarA,

No. In this case, 'hits' is a verb meaning it collides with a snag. A snag is an obstruction.

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@roger,

Thank you.

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"Hit a snag" is an idiom to mean obstruction or block, or stopped from going foward.

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@PUNKEY,

Thank you.

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The key feature of a snag is that it is a concealed or unexpected difficulty or obstacle.

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@centrox,

Thanks

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To 'hit a snag' is a metaphor. A literal snag is a hidden sunken tree or other underwater obstacle e.g. in a lake, that a boat might hit, also a projecting rough part of an otherwise smooth surface.

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Republican Tax Bill Hits Snag Over Deficit Concerns

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