a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents
He was capable of striking terror into the enemy.
Her words struck a chill into me.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
strike terror into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy … Useful english dictionary
strike fear into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy … Useful english dictionary
strike a chill into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy … Useful english dictionary
strike terror into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy … Useful english dictionary
strike a chill into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy … Useful english dictionary
strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
strike */*/*/ — I UK [straɪk] / US verb Word forms strike : present tense I/you/we/they strike he/she/it strikes present participle striking past tense struck UK [strʌk] / US past participle struck 1) [intransitive/transitive] formal to hit against, or to crash… … English 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
strike — [[t]stra͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦ strikes, striking, struck, stricken (The form struck is the past tense and past participle. The form stricken can also be used as the past participle for meanings 6, 17, and 19.) 1) N COUNT: also on N When there is a strike,… … English dictionary
