STRIKE OUT


Meaning of STRIKE OUT in English

1.

If you ~, you begin to do something different, often because you want to become more independent.

She wanted me to ~ on my own, buy a business.

...a desire to make changes and to ~ in new directions.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P

2.

If you ~ at someone, you hit, attack, or speak angrily to them.

He seemed always ready to ~ at anyone and for any cause...

Frampton struck out blindly, hitting not Waddington, but an elderly man.

PHRASAL VERB: V P at n, V P

3.

If someone strikes out, they fail. (AM INFORMAL)

The lawyer admitted that he was the firm’s second lawyer. The first one had struck out completely.

PHRASAL VERB: V P

4.

see also strike 19

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