to go off without a hitch: to go as planned, to happen without difficulties. idiom. The wedding went off without a hitch: we were lucky not to encounter any problems. a hitch: a problem, a difficulty.
How do you use the phrase without a hitch?
Without any problems at all; very smoothly, easily, or effortlessly. Used especially after “go off.” I was nervous, but the whole plan went off without a hitch. I thought the date went off without a hitch, but he never called me back. Other than a brief delay at the airport, our trip has been without a hitch!
Where does the saying without a hitch come from?
Hike, as in “hike up your pants,” is related. This hitch was adapted to nautical environments, describing fastening and referring more specifically to catching something with a loop or jerking a rope around an object, thereby causing an obstruction. Hence the expression to go off without a hitch.