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hit in (also hit out) verb phrase To go (down, for, in, out, etc.) usually with speed, determination, or anticipation.

1915 Pollard TN Mts 242 hit out = to go (somewhere outdoors). “Somebody must hit out there and get chestnuts.” 1939 Hall Coll (Nine Mile TN) We hit in that Devils Courthouse after it, and we wandered around through them roughs. 1942 (in 1987 Perdue Outwitting Devil 70) Soldier Jack he hit out, tryin’ to make his way back home or to seek his fortune wherever he might find it. 1963 Edwards Gravel 30 They paid Uncle Pete for the food and then strolled up the road toward the Jones farm, where they expected to eat supper before hitting out for the little schoolhouse.