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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : strahyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : straɪk |
Definition of strike out
Origin :- Old English strican "pass over lightly, stroke, smooth, rub," also "go, proceed" (past tense strac, past participle stricen), from Proto-Germanic *strik- (cf. Old Norse strykva "to stroke," Old Frisian strika, Middle Dutch streken, Dutch strijken "to smooth, stroke, rub," Old High German strihhan, German streichen), from PIE root *str(e)ig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil).
- Related to streak and stroke, and perhaps influenced in sense development by cognate Old Norse striuka. Sense of "to deal a blow" developed by early 14c.; meaning "to collide" is from mid-14c.; that of "to hit with a missile" is from late 14c. Meaning "to cancel or expunge" (as with the stroke of a pen) is attested from late 14c. An older sense is preserved in strike for "go toward."
- verb leave to begin new venture
- They were determined to find that landmark and strike out for it.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- They simply cannot endure it, and so they strike out and follow.
- Extract from : « War from the Inside » by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
- Just strike out lively, and that will help to keep your blood in circulation.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter At Bear Camp » by Edward Stratemeyer
- I have therefore ventured to strike out the unnecessary word.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare Jest-Books; » by Unknown
- So you decided to strike out for yourself, about five years ago.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- "If I had a few dollars I might strike out for myself," he reasoned.
- Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- You don't treat me half decently, and I'm going to strike out for myself.
- Extract from : « From Farm to Fortune » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- I ought to go back and strike out all that talk about vanity.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- Strike out the twenty for accidents, and there remained a hundred miles a day.
- Extract from : « Lost Face » by Jack London
- She can scarce distinguish us until we strike out into the open.
- Extract from : « Margaret Tudor » by Annie T. Colcock
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