strike up
verb
struck up; struck up also stricken up; striking up; strikes up
: to begin to sing or play or to be sung or played
1
: to cause to begin singing or playing
strike up the band
2
: to cause to begin
strike up a conversation
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In fact, pet owners were around 60 percent more likely to strike up a conversation with neighbors than those without pets.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Greenwood and Rabiot struck up a fruitful on-pitch understanding at Stade Velodrome, spending a significant portion of the campaign playing as twin No 10s in a 3-4-2-1 system concocted by Roberto De Zerbi.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Ginny, who winds up pregnant after striking up a romance with Wolfe (Ty Doran) from her poetry class, decides to terminate her pregnancy shortly after learning of her condition, and her mom is completely on board with whatever her daughter wants.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 5 June 2025
Along his stops in New Milford, which included a town hall meeting, Murphy also went into a gaming story, Nutmeg Games, striking up a conversation with one of the employees about how the store hosts events to connect people through gaming.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
Greenwood and Rabiot struck up a fruitful on-pitch understanding at Stade Velodrome, spending a significant portion of the campaign playing as twin No 10s in a 3-4-2-1 system concocted by Roberto De Zerbi.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 June 2025
Ginny, who winds up pregnant after striking up a romance with Wolfe (Ty Doran) from her poetry class, decides to terminate her pregnancy shortly after learning of her condition, and her mom is completely on board with whatever her daughter wants.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 5 June 2025
Along his stops in New Milford, which included a town hall meeting, Murphy also went into a gaming story, Nutmeg Games, striking up a conversation with one of the employees about how the store hosts events to connect people through gaming.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
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“Strike up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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