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Strike out
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- 1 To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head. intransitive, often
"The gallant old skipper had struck out with his fist and the blow took effect; "spread the chap's nose all ower his fyesce" as he afterwards said ..."
- 2 set out on a course of action wordnet
- 3 To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation. figuratively
"... 1937, before the Maryland Farm Bureau Federation, he struck out at his critics. He said: When the Federal Government first undertook to help farmers get ..."
- 4 remove from a list wordnet
- 5 To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.
"Mr. Randolph moved to strike out the words, "each House" and to insert the words, "the House of Representatives" in Sect. 7."
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- 6 cause to get out wordnet
- 7 to treat something as settled figuratively
"A Suit filed by respondent Establissment Sima of Vaduz was on the 2nd day of March, 1988 struck out by the Federal High Court. An application under Order 9 rule 6 Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules was argued before that court on 17th day of October, 1988 for relisting the suit. Even though the present appellant as respondent to that motion opposed, the prayer was granted."
- 8 put out or be put out by a strikeout wordnet
- 9 Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter. ergative
"Jones struck out on a nasty slider."
- 10 make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body wordnet
- 11 To fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a (hopefully romantic) date. colloquial, figuratively, intransitive
"Dave asked the new girl to the dance but he struck out."
- 12 be unsuccessful in an endeavor wordnet
- 13 To begin to make one's way.
"The travellers struck out towards the line of mountains."
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