strike off
verb
struck off; struck off also stricken off; striking off; strikes off
1
: to produce in an effortless manner
strike off a poem
2
: to depict clearly and exactly
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With the state hollowed out and the security forces ineffective, civic leaders from outside the structures of formal politics struck off on their own.
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John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Pacing with pay increases very close to what SAG-AFTRA achieved last fall to end their strike, IATSE’s deal, which has to ratified in a members’ vote, pretty took the threat of a strike off the table for the anemic industry.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2024
After the earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan’s Hualien County Wednesday morning, TSMC briefly evacuated some of its workers from its factory in Hsinchu, more than 100 miles from the epicenter.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
An estimated 92% of the world's most sophisticated chips are manufactured by one company: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
The quake, with a magnitude of 7.4, struck off the east coast of the island on Wednesday.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
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John Rapley, Foreign Affairs, 10 Jan. 2023
Pacing with pay increases very close to what SAG-AFTRA achieved last fall to end their strike, IATSE’s deal, which has to ratified in a members’ vote, pretty took the threat of a strike off the table for the anemic industry.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 July 2024
After the earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan’s Hualien County Wednesday morning, TSMC briefly evacuated some of its workers from its factory in Hsinchu, more than 100 miles from the epicenter.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
An estimated 92% of the world's most sophisticated chips are manufactured by one company: the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
The quake, with a magnitude of 7.4, struck off the east coast of the island on Wednesday.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
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