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Strike out   /straɪk aʊt/   Listen
Strike out

verb
1.
Remove from a list.  Synonyms: cross off, cross out, mark, strike off.
2.
Put out or be put out by a strikeout.
3.
Be unsuccessful in an endeavor.
4.
Make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body.
5.
Cause to get out.  Synonym: retire.  "The runner was put out at third base"
6.
Set out on a course of action.





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"Strike out" Quotes from Famous Books



... The curtains are drawn, the lamp is lighted and veiled into exquisite soft shadowiness. All the world is far off. All its din and dole strike into the bank of darkness that envelops you and are lost to your tranced sense. In all the world are only your friend and you, and then you strike out your oars, silver-sounding, ...
— Gala-days • Gail Hamilton
... do no less than strike out in his own defence, for it was not possible to beat a retreat; but his efforts were as feeble as they were vain. Before five minutes had passed Master Piemont's assistant was the most thoroughly whipped boy in ...
— Under the Liberty Tree - A Story of The 'Boston Massacre' • James Otis
... what was that? Far away behind the cedar swamp the deep booming of the bell of the village church began to strike out midnight. One, two, three, its tones came clear across the crisp air. Almost at the same moment the clock below began with deep strokes to mark the midnight hour; from the farmyard chicken coop a rooster ...
— Nonsense Novels • Stephen Leacock
... Consequently a flying column—of four hundred of the West African Field Force, one large and one small gun of the West Indian Rifles, to be joined by the Kwisa company—was despatched, under the command of Major Beddoes, against the enemy. They had to strike out into the bush by almost unknown roads, and great difficulties were encountered. Fortunately, however, they captured a prisoner, who consented to lead them to the enemy's camp, on condition that ...
— Through Three Campaigns - A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti • G. A. Henty
... goals of pursuit which grew up in the human mind before we began our scientific criticism of morals, how shall we ever get back again into the sphere of distinctively ethical judgment? For instance, how could we strike out from the field of observation the something which we count the moral factor in life, and then proceed to investigate the morals of trade? Evidently we must in every ethical enquiry start by taking sides with that trend of the Race-Will in us, which moves plainly towards an ever-increasing ...
— Is civilization a disease? • Stanton Coit


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