Meaning

5 senses
  1. To enter suddenly or with force.

  2. To enter or add to a conversation; to say (something) by way of interruption or addition to a conversation.

  3. (obsolete)To take action; to become involved in a situation, so as to alter or prevent an action.

  4. (obsolete)To ally oneself (with someone), to take (someone's) side.

    1689, James Heath, Englands Chronicle, London: Benjamin Crayle et al., p. 120, […] King Edward […] raised a considerable Army, and striking in with Edward Baliol, besieged Berwick,

  5. (obsolete)To be or act in harmony (with something).

Examples

32 sentences
  1. Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

    ruМолния никогда не ударяет в одно и то же место дважды.

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  2. Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

    ruМолния никогда не ударяет в одно и то же место дважды.

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  3. The USA will only use air strikes in the country as a last resort.

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  4. The USSR will only use air strikes in the country as a last resort.

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  5. He struck me in a passion.

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Forms

strikes in, striking in, struck in, struck in
Base formstrike in · to strike in
3rd person singularstrikes in
Present participlestriking in
Past simplestruck in
Past participlestruck in

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystrike in
he, she, itstrikes in

Past simpleLesson

all personsstruck in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave struck in
he, she, ithas struck in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill strike in

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

9 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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