Meaning

1 senses
  1. To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.

    It is useful to strike through an incorrect text, leaving it legible, to demonstrate that it is an incorrect usage.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Do you see the L with the strike through it? That's probably Polish.

    deSiehst du das, das durchgestrichene L? Das ist wahrscheinlich Polnisch.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsstruck through

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill strike through

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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