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Definitions

strike out

VERB
leave to begin new venture
Synonyms
WEAK
bear begin get under way head initiate light out make set out start start out take off
Antonyms
WEAK
remain stay

Example Sentences

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There, Santa watched Miller strike out 11 over seven innings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

You’d have thought he’d have learned as much from his emergency-tariffs strike out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Murphy was on the mound in the seventh to strike out Pence and get the save.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

France had been spearheading a months-long push for similar EU action alongside member states including Denmark, Greece and Spain -- before deciding to strike out on its own.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

Sometime they’d strike out and seize the military supplies they knew the provincials were collecting.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes