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remove from a list
Cross the name of the dead person off the list -
be unsuccessful in an endeavor
The candidate struck out with his health care plan -
put out or be put out by a strikeout
Oral struck out three batters to close the inning -
set out on a course of action
He struck out on his own -
cause to get out
The pitcher retired three batters
the runner was put out at third base - make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
How To Use strike out In A Sentence
- ‘In big companies, there can be a lot of layers that inhibit the creative process,’ she says, explaining her decision to strike out on her own.
- But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
- Too distrustful to delegate his responsibility to his ministers, he was too infirm of will to strike out and follow a consistent course for himself.
- Applications to strike out for want of prosecution have become the common diet of the courts, but there are two unusual features of the present case.
- Please strike out whichever option does not apply to you.
- Well, if you strike out a bunch of guys and get the vast majority of the remaining outs via groundballs, you're not likely to allow too many home runs.
- Who would like to strike out to this lonely river - bank to pick up a falling leaf?
- Governments cannot strike out in a new direction as suddenly as could an individual like me. Times, Sunday Times
- But when the time came to strike out on his own, instead of livestock farming he plumped for growing and selling organic fruit and vegetables. Times, Sunday Times
- If you can hit him on his eye he will strike out wildly,which would exhaust his strength.
