strike out

• Verbe à particule désignant le fait de commencer une nouvelle entreprise indépendante, d'échouer dans une tentative, ou de supprimer quelque chose en le barrant.

A phrasal verb used to indicate starting a new independent venture, or failing in an attempt, or deleting something by drawing a line through it.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Start a new pathinformal

   To begin a new and independent course of action, often with determination.

   s'engager dans une nouvelle voie

   • After college, he decided to strike out on his own and start a business.
   • She struck out for the city to pursue her acting career.
   • They struck out into the wilderness without a map.

   Synonymesbranch outembarkset outventure

2. Fail or be unsuccessfulinformalamerican

   To fail in an attempt or effort.

   Échouer dans une tentative

   • He struck out in his attempt to get the job.
   • The team struck out in the final round of the competition.
   • I tried to fix the computer, but I struck out.

   Synonymesfailflopfoundermiscarrymiss

   Antonymesprevailprospersucceedthrive

3. Delete or cross outformal

   To remove or cancel something by drawing a line through it.

   Barrer

   • Please strike out any incorrect information on the form.
   • The editor struck out the redundant paragraph.
   • He struck out his name from the list.

   Synonymescancelcross outdeleteeraseexciseexpungeobliteratescore outscratch out

Verbe de basestrike