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strike sth out — UK US strike sth out Phrasal Verb with strike({{}}/straɪk/ verb (struck, struck) ► LAW if a court of law strikes something out, it says that it is not legal: be struck out »The EU directive is expected to be struck out by the court on technical… … Financial and business terms
strike something through — ˌstrike sthˈout/ˈthrough derived to remove sth by drawing a line through it Syn: cross out • The editor struck out the whole paragraph. Main entry: ↑strikederived … Useful english dictionary
blot something out — 1) Mary blotted out her picture Syn: erase, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge, eradicate; cross out, strike out, wipe out 2) clouds were starting to blot out the stars Syn: conce … Thesaurus of popular words
blot something out — 1 Mary blotted out her picture: ERASE, obliterate, delete, efface, rub out, blank out, expunge; cross out, strike out. 2 clouds were starting to blot out the stars … Useful english dictionary
cross something out — DELETE, strike out, ink out, score out, edit out, blue pencil, cancel, obliterate; Printing dele. → cross * * * ˌcross sthˈout/ˈthrough derived to draw a line through a word, usually because it is wrong Main entry: ↑crossderived … Useful english dictionary
cross something out — Syn: delete, strike out, score out, cancel, obliterate … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
score something out/through — CROSS OUT, strike out, put a line through, ink out, blue pencil, scratch out; delete, obliterate, expunge. → score … Useful english dictionary
score something out/through — Syn: cross out, strike out, delete, put a line through, obliterate … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
