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  • 21strike out on own — strike out on (your) own to begin a new and independent activity. Instead of joining the family business, I decided to strike out on my own …

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  • 22Strike Out (The King of Queens) — Strike Out is the seventh episode of The King Of Queens third season.PlotThe IPS strike is in its third week, and both Doug and Deacon are spending the majority of their days doing very little outside of sleeping all day. Carrie and Kelly decide… …

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  • 23strike out for something — ˌstrike ˈout (for/towards sth) derived to move in a determined way (towards sth) • He struck out (= started swimming) towards the shore. Main entry: ↑strikederived …

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  • 24strike out towards something — ˌstrike ˈout (for/towards sth) derived to move in a determined way (towards sth) • He struck out (= started swimming) towards the shore. Main entry: ↑strikederived …

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  • 25strike out — verb 1. remove from a list (Freq. 2) Cross the name of the dead person off the list • Syn: ↑cross off, ↑cross out, ↑strike off, ↑mark • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑ …

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  • 26strike out — verb a) To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arms length of the striker and at or near the level of the strikers head. He struck out on a nasty slider. b) To strongly criticize or defend with words, in… …

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  • 27strike out — I. (Active.) 1. Produce (by a blow), force out. 2. Erase, efface, expunge, blot out, strike off. 3. Devise, contrive, invent, plan. 4. Bring to light. II. (Neuter.) Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion …

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  • 28strike\ out — v 1. To destroy something that has been written or drawn by drawing a line or cross through it or by erasing it. John misspelled corollary. He struck it out and wrote it correctly. 2. To begin to follow a new path or a course of action that you… …

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  • 29strike out — 1. in. [for a baseball batter] to be declared out after three strikes. (Baseball.) □ And so Drew Wilson strikes out for his second time in this game! □ He struck out in the second inning, and manager Willy “Herky” Simpson read him out then. 2. in …

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  • 30strike out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To begin something new] Syn. start, start out, initiate, find a New approach; see begin 1 . 2. [To cancel] Syn. obliterate, invalidate, expunge; see cancel 1 , remove 1 . 3. [In baseball, to make three strikes] Syn. be… …

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