striking out (Meaning)
striking out
to make an out in baseball by a strikeout, fail sense 2c, to finish bowling a string with consecutive strikes, to enter upon a course of action, to retire (someone) by a strikeout, to bowl three strikes in the last frame, to make an out or cause to make an out in baseball by a strikeout, to set out vigorously, an out in baseball resulting from a batter's being charged with three strikes
Synonyms & Antonyms of striking out
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Synonyms:
- rooting (out)
- erasing
- x'ing (out)
- blue-penciling
- killing
- x-ing (out)
- rubbing out
- censoring
- wiping out
- deleing
- removing
- blotting out
- eliding
Antonyms:
No strong antonyms found.
Synonyms:
- blacking out
- laundering
- blipping
- redacting
- clipping
- suppressing
- cutting
- cleaning (up)
- bleeping
- obliterating
- effacing
- excising
- eradicating
- expunging
- cropping
- shortening
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
FAQs About the word striking out
to make an out in baseball by a strikeout, fail sense 2c, to finish bowling a string with consecutive strikes, to enter upon a course of action, to retire (some
editing (out), canceling, crossing (out), stroking (out), scratching (out), cancelling,deleting, rooting (out), erasing, x'ing (out)
stetting,,
The batter watched in disbelief as his third strike was called, striking him out for the third time in the game.
The bowler unleashed a venomous delivery, striking out the batsman with an unplayable yorker.
The team's star hitter walked up to the plate with confidence, determined not to strike out in the crucial inning.
The umpire's call was controversial, but the batter had to accept the decision that he had struck out.
