He worked late every day and took frequent business trips for several years before he finally hit the wall.
They seem to have hit the wall in terms of new ideas.
Her tennis career hit a wall after the injury.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hit a (brick) wall — hit a/the (brick) wall informal if you hit the wall when you are trying to achieve something, you reach a situation where you cannot make any more progress. We ve just about hit the wall in terms of what we can do to balance the budget. The… … New idioms dictionary
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