strike out

verb

1. tr to remove or erase
2. intr to start out or begin

   to strike out on one's own

3. baseball to put out or be put out on strikes
4. informal.
   intr to fail utterly

Example Sentences

“I was writing for other people and really wanted to strike out on my own,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

After he died, because there was nothing, I had to strike out again.

From The Daily Beast

The Ice Bucket Challenge to strike out ALS has dominated Facebook pages and Twitter feeds of young and old for most of August.

From The Daily Beast

And she memorably threatens her boys with a tire iron when they aim to strike out on their own.

From The Daily Beast

The Silver Star By Jeannette Walls Two girls strike out on their own across the country after their mother abandons them.

From The Daily Beast

We'll visit this third party and if we strike out we'd better leave town for a few days to avoid a lot of aggravation.

From Project Gutenberg

Two hundred cannon strike out fierce defiance,—forty thousand muskets and rifles flame!

From Project Gutenberg

Colonel Barré moved an amendment to strike out from the resolution the words "in all cases whatsoever."

From Project Gutenberg

The two little ones, who had never left his side, were ready immediately to strike out once more.

From Project Gutenberg

"If I had a few dollars I might strike out for myself," he reasoned.

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