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.

Examples of strike against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton is vowing to abolish California’s DMV and cap annual vehicle registration at $73, framing the proposal as a strike against soaring living costs. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

In 1973, Barbara Kopple and a small team traveled to Harlan County, Kentucky to chronicle the Brookside miners’ strike against the Duke Power Company. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Varpakhovich has been accused by Ukraine of ordering a missile strike against Kyiv’s Okhmatdyt hospital in July 2024. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

The one major strike against this steel was its cleanability. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for strike against

• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed
• recommenced
• recompensed