strike
B2Frequent NGSL-1UK /straɪk/US /straɪk/
Meaning
noun
a period of time when an organized group of employees of a company stops working because of an argument over pay or conditions
“the miners'/firefighters'/teachers' strike”
verb
to hit somebody/something hard or with force
“strike somebody/something, The ship struck a rock.”
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“I know the irony strikes with the force of a cartoon anvil now, but-- [LAUGHTER] So they hoped that I would take a vocational degree.”
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“(Laughter) But something strikes you when you move to America and travel around the world: every education system on earth has the same hierarchy of subjects.”
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