(transitive, idiomatic) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship. / (intransitive, ergative, idiomatic) To start something, usually playing live music.

To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of strike out

Alternative spelling of strikebreaking

Alternative form of strikebreaking

Alternative spelling of strikebreaking

present participle of strike-break

A metal plate affixed to a doorjamb that holds the door closed when the door bolt is extended into a hole, protecting the jamb against friction from the bolt.

(Britain) To have unexpected good fortune.

(idiomatic) To have unexpected good fortune.