strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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Will the quarterback decision and Glenn’s alleged handling of Rodgers count as a strike against the coach?
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Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
What People Are Saying Twenty-seven Michigan officials signed a letter in support of the nurses in their strike against Henry Ford Genesys Hospital.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Biggest strike ever The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said the daily pickets at 19 hospitals and clinics across the two-state region would be their largest ever strike against Kaiser.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
This is just one more strike against the city.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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Mike Sando, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
What People Are Saying Twenty-seven Michigan officials signed a letter in support of the nurses in their strike against Henry Ford Genesys Hospital.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Biggest strike ever The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said the daily pickets at 19 hospitals and clinics across the two-state region would be their largest ever strike against Kaiser.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
This is just one more strike against the city.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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