strike out

1. (intransitive, often)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.

2. (figuratively)To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.

3. 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.

4. (figuratively)To treat something as settled

5. (ergative)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.

   Jones struck out on a nasty slider.

   The pitcher struck out Jones with a nasty slider.

6. (colloquial, figuratively, intransitive)To fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a (hopefully romantic) date.

   Dave asked the new girl to the dance but he struck out.

7. To begin to make one's way.

   The travellers struck out towards the line of mountains.

1. Tom struck out thirty times last season.

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2. Tom never strikes out.

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3. I haven't struck out yet.

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4. Tom struck out.

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5. I struck out.

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irregular · Lesson

• 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.