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Uncommonstrike out
The correct spelling is strike out.
How to pronounce strike out
verb
Say it like: Str-ike- ow-t
The correct spelling is strike out. (often with at) 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. For example: "Jones struck out on a nasty slider."
Usage Examples
“Jones struck out on a nasty slider.”
“Dave asked the new girl to the dance but he struck out.”
“The travellers struck out towards the line of mountains.”
Definition
verb
- 1.(often with at) 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.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.To treat something as settled
- 5.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.
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