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Strike out
Meaning
Verb
●
In Typography:
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.
●
In Typography:
To
strongly
criticize
or make a
verbal
attack
,
particularly
as a
response
to
previous
criticism
or provocation.
●
In Typography:
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.
●
In Law:
to
treat
something as settled
●
In Baseball, Softball & Typography:
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
.
●
To
fail
; to be
refused
a
request
or to have a
proposal
not be
accepted
,
in particular
a
request
for a (hopefully
romantic
) date.
●
To
begin
to make
one's
way.
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