strike out

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.

   “The gallant old skipper had struck out with his fist and the blow took effect; "spread the chap's nose all ower his fyesce" as he afterwards said ...”

2. fiil To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.

   “... 1937, before the Maryland Farm Bureau Federation, he struck out at his critics. He said: When the Federal Government first undertook to help farmers get ...”

3. fiil To draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.

   “Mr. Randolph moved to strike out the words, "each House" and to insert the words, "the House of Representatives" in Sect. 7.”

4. fiil to treat something as settled
5. fiil Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.

   “Jones struck out on a nasty slider.”

6. fiil To fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a (hopefully romantic) date.

   “Dave asked the new girl to the dance but he struck out.”

7. fiil To begin to make one's way.

   “The travellers struck out towards the line of mountains.”