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In the text below, what does the bolded expression mean?
Chad noticed for the first time that Linda had a bandage along her left arm. " You got hit! " " Only spattered with some rock chips, " she said. " I stayed well down. Those guys couldn't hitthebroadsideofabarn anyway.
hit the broad side of a barn 
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