strike off
To remove from a list or registerTo remove from a list or register.
» He was struck off the list.
Он был вычеркнут из списка.
Его вычеркнули из списка.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To remove from a list or register.
She struck off his name from the list.
remove from a list
To remove from a list or register.
(UK, transitive, usually)To be forbidden from practicing in a regulated profession (medicine, law etc.) by virtue of being removed (usually for malpractice) from a statutory register required to practice that profession.
The doctor was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.
(dated, transitive)To void an obligation; to deduct.
He was kind enough to strike off the debt.
(transitive)To print (a work) in a hurried manner.
I'll strike off a copy for the subeditor later.
(transitive)To sever or separate by a blow.
Strike off his head, I command you!
(intransitive)To start going in a new direction or course of endeavor.
She decided to strike off on a new course.
Examples
9 sentencesHe was struck off the list.
ruОн был вычеркнут из списка. — marafon
Strike Tom's name off the list.
ruВычеркните имя Тома из списка. — sharptoothed
Strike my name off the list.
ruВычеркните меня из списка. — nina99nv
Fortunately, common sense prevailed and the strike was called off.
With this strike we're sawing off the branch we're sitting on.
deMit diesem Streik sägen wir an dem Ast, auf dem wir sitzen. — PeterR
Forms
strikes off, striking off, struck off, struck off| Base form | strike off · to strike off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | strikes off |
| Present participle | striking off |
| Past simple | struck off |
| Past participle | struck off / stricken off |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- strike offпозначати, мітитиTo remove from a list or register.
- strike outвикреслити, викреслюватиTo 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.
- strike inоб'єднати, з'єднатиTo enter suddenly or with force.
- strike downупустити, упускатиTo kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
- strike backочолити, очолюватиTo respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
- strike throughвикреслити, викреслюватиTo partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
- strike upTo start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.
Synonyms
4 synonyms- remove from a list:cross offcross outstrike outmark
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb