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To delete a text from written material, especially by drawing a line through it

To fail, especially in spectacular fashion

To attack or lash out at someone

To leave, especially to begin a new venture

To completely destroy or devastate

To die or cease living

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Verb

To delete a text from written material, especially by drawing a line through it

put a line through

make acceptable

delete parts of

make changes to

render null and void

declare invalid

declare null and void

axe^UK

ax^US

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“The article was forwarded to an editor who proceeded to strike out a range of typographical errors.”

Verb

To fail, especially in spectacular fashion

be unsuccessful

meet with disaster

not come up to scratch

come to nothing

go down like a lead balloon

be found lacking

do something badly

not make the grade

not come up to the mark

sink without trace

go out of business

be a disappointment

fall flat on your face

be found wanting

hit rock bottom

blow up in someone's face

go by the board

not pass muster

fall by the wayside

be found deficient

be insufficient

not come to ripeness

come apart at the seams

come off second-best

go down the tube

meet with failure

go over like a lead balloon

miss the target

go on the rocks

not come up to expectations

come to a sticky end

come to a bad end

fall short of expectations

end in disappointment

bring to naught

go down swinging

back wrong horse

grind to a halt

come off second best

get the worst of it

throw in the towel

be counterproductive

be self-defeating

be taken to cleaners

meet one's Waterloo

be outdistanced

have an adverse effect

have unwelcome repercussions for

not go as planned

cause one to be hoist with one's own petard

not make the grade at

be unsuccessful in

not come up to the mark in

not come up to scratch in

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“If there were critics telling Steve Schmitt at this time nine years ago that he'd strike out in his attempt to keep baseball in Madison, he doesn't remember hearing them.”

Verb

To attack or lash out at someone

“The dream suggested that Hemingway wanted or needed to strike out at his former friend much as Fitzgerald wanted or needed to be hurt.”

Verb

To leave, especially to begin a new venture

make oneself scarce

leave in a hurry

take to your heels

head for the hills

make a quick exit

make a break for it

make a run for it

beat a hasty retreat

show a clean pair of heels

do a disappearing act

absent yourself

sling your hook

take French leave

do a moonlight flit

abstract oneself

take it on the lam

say your goodbyes

do a vanishing act

go jump in the lake

make your escape

take yourself off

go and jump in the lake

take a long walk on a short pier

make quick exit

be off with you

get on the road

begin one's journey

seclude oneself

say one's farewells

make one's departure

get out of my sight

take oneself off from

absent oneself from

have it away on one's toes

make like a tree and get out of here

make like a tree and leave

extricate oneself

go and chase yourself

step on the gas

get on your bike

take one's farewells

depart suddenly

make a quick getaway

depart secretly

go absent without leave

do vanishing act

make a move from

go off in a huff

make a sudden departure

shut oneself away

make a dash for it

leave in the lurch

run like scared rabbit

leave holding the bag

leave high and dry

go to one's room

shut oneself away in

take your leave of

go like lightning

make one's farewells

go separate ways

get out of someone's clutches

break away from

make good one's escape

take on the lam

slip through your fingers

hoist the blue peter

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“Within two years, she had made enough of a name for herself to strike out on her own.”

Verb

Go forth

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To completely destroy or devastate

knock to pieces

raze to the ground

wipe from the face of the earth

ax^US

axe^UK

remove all traces of

destroy root and branch

wipe off the map

wipe off face of earth

wipe off the face of the earth

bring to naught

put the kibosh on

damage beyond repair

put out of commission

reduce to rubble

play havoc with

reduce to ruins

bring about the downfall of

put out of action

commit genocide

cut a swath through

run onto the rocks

reduce to nothing

bring to nothing

wreak havoc upon

cause detriment to

play merry hell with

drive a nail into the coffin of

wreak havoc with

bring to nought

burn to the ground

destroy by fire

reduce to ashes

burn to a crisp

knock to the ground

bring to the ground

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw a spanner in the works

rain on someone's parade

render ineffective

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To die or cease living

kick the bucket

depart this life

give up the ghost

cross the great divide

go the way of all flesh

shuffle off this mortal coil

breathe one's last

meet your maker

cash in one's chips

go the way of the flesh

go to the great beyond

bite the big one

go to one's last resting place

meet one's death

go to meet one's maker

go the way of the dinosaurs

turn up one's toes

draw one's last breath

push up the daisies

be six feet under

hand in one's dinner pail

punch one's ticket

kick in [slang]

push up daisies

breathe one's last breath

go to one's reward

call off all bets

buy a one-way ticket

meet one's Maker

relinquish life

suck the kumara

go way of all flesh

lay down one's life

take your last breath

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