strike out
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strike out verb
- (often with at) 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.
- To strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.
- 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.
- To treat something as settled
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