Related Words for strike up

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sound off
//
Phrase, Verb
kick off
//
Phrase, Verb
kick in
/x
Phrase, Verb
try it on
///
Phrase, Verb
get going
//x
Phrase, Verb
get together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
chat up
//
Phrase, Verb
stand up with
///
Phrase, Verb
hit it off
///
Phrase, Verb
talk to
/x
Phrase, Verb
beg off
//
Phrase, Verb
start in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get the ball rolling
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
strike in
/x
Phrase, Verb
break in
/x
Phrase, Verb
make a move
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
pick up
//
Phrase, Verb
get off the ground
//x/
Phrase, Verb
kick up
//
Phrase, Verb
bust up
//
Phrase, Verb
break the ice
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit on
//
Phrase, Verb
get in on the act
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit it
//
Phrase, Verb
hook up
//
Phrase, Verb
move on
//
Phrase, Verb
set off
//
Phrase, Verb
get in on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
break into a run
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
fire away
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
get on the stick
//x/
Phrase, Verb
come on
//
Phrase, Verb
light a fire under
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
carry on
/x/
Phrase, Verb
strike out
//
Phrase, Verb
get the show on the road
/x//x/
Phrase, Verb
step out
//
Phrase, Verb
get on
//
Phrase, Verb
start a family
/x/xx
Phrase, Verb
stand up
//
Phrase, Verb
lead on
//
Phrase, Verb
put the moves on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
come on to
///
Phrase, Verb
bring on
//
Phrase, Verb
link up
/x
Phrase, Verb
make conversation
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
start the ball rolling
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
meet with
//
Phrase, Verb
get on to
/xx
Phrase, Verb
put up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
rub up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
get cracking
//x
Phrase, Verb
ring up the curtain
//x/x
Phrase, Verb
take the initiative
/xx/xx
Phrase, Verb
go in for
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hit off
//
Phrase, Verb
hit the ground running
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
spring into action
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb
get busy
//x
Phrase, Verb
bring up short
///
Phrase, Verb
cut in
/x
Phrase, Verb
break new ground
///
Name, Verb
vibe
/
Noun
run off with
///
Phrase, Verb
play ball
//
Phrase, Verb
put the make on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
make off with
///
Phrase, Verb
pitch in
/x
Phrase, Verb
open fire
/x/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
jump
/
Noun
bounce
/
Noun
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
screw around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
go at it
///
Phrase, Verb
bounce off
//
Phrase, Verb
rub up the wrong way
//x//
Phrase, Verb
take the plunge
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come to blows
///
Phrase, Verb
cop off with
///
Phrase, Verb
chat
/
Noun
start off on the wrong foot
///x//
Phrase, Verb
seize the initiative
/xx/xx
Phrase, Verb
kick out
//
Phrase, Verb
take on
//
Phrase, Verb
get into the act
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
strike
/
Noun
take by storm
///
Phrase, Verb
get off on the wrong foot
///x//
Phrase, Verb
make out
//
Phrase, Verb
touch on
//
Phrase, Verb
build a fire under
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
play up
//
Phrase, Verb
hang together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
run past
//
Phrase, Verb
turn on
//
Phrase, Verb
kid around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
make time
//
Phrase, Verb
crack on
/x
Phrase, Verb
get it on
///
Phrase, Verb
part company
//xx
Phrase, Verb
get moving
//x
Phrase, Verb
throw down
//
Phrase, Verb
mess around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
tee off
//
Phrase, Verb
give someone a buzz
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
run out on
///
Phrase, Verb
beat up
/x
Phrase, Verb, Adjective, Noun
egg on
//
Phrase, Verb
turn to
//
Phrase, Verb
plunge in
/x
Phrase, Verb
jump in
/x
Phrase, Verb
take up with
///
Phrase, Verb
get a jump on
/x//
Phrase, Verb
get onto
//x
Phrase, Verb
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
put out
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun
spread
/
Noun
shoot off
//
Phrase, Verb
sit up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
run in
/x
Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fire off
/x/
Phrase, Verb
buss
/
Name
accomplish
x/x
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afflict
x/
Verb
against
x/
Verb
ahead
x/
Adverb
ambush
/x
Noun, Verb
apartheid
x/x
Noun, Verb
arcing
/x
Noun
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
arrive
x/
Verb
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assault
x/
Noun, Verb
attack
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
attain
x/
Verb
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
baseball
//
Noun
bash
/
Noun, Verb
batter
/x
Noun, Verb
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
beach
/
Noun, Verb
beak
/
Noun, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
believe
x/
Verb
benchmarking
/xx
Noun
blackout
/x
Noun, Verb
blitz
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bombard
x/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bottom out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bowling
/x
Noun
boycott
/x
Noun, Verb
breaking
/x
Noun
bring
/
Verb
broadside
/x
Noun, Adverb, Verb
buffet
/x
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bump
/
Noun, Verb
bump into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bunt
/
Noun, Verb
busting
/x
Noun, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
cancellation
xx/x
Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
chance on
//
Phrase, Verb
chop
/
Noun, Verb
clap
/
Noun, Verb
clash
/
Noun, Verb
cloud
/
Noun, Verb
clout
/
Noun, Verb
coin
/
Noun, Verb
coinage
/x
Noun
collide
x/
Verb
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
come
/
Verb, Noun
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
come to
//
Phrase, Verb
come upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
communist
/xx
Adjective, Noun
conclude
x/
Verb
connect
x/
Verb, Noun
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
coup
/
Noun, Verb
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
dab
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
defense
x/
Noun, Verb
defensive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
dele
/x
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
determine
x/x
Verb
develop
x/x
Verb
devise
x/
Verb, Noun
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
disassemble
xx/x
Verb
discover
x/x
Verb, Noun
dismantle
x/x
Verb
disturb
x/
Verb, Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
encumber
x/x
Verb
ensure
x/
Verb
erase
x/
Verb, Noun
erection
x/x
Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
exam
x/
Noun, Verb
excise
x/
Noun, Verb
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
expunge
x/
Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
fasting
/x
Noun
fight
/
Verb, Noun
find
/
Verb, Noun
finished
/x
Adjective
flick
/
Noun, Verb
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
forcefully
/xx
Adverb
forge
/
Verb, Noun
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
gathering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
golf
/
Noun, Verb
gunfire
/xx
Noun
happen upon
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
heavenward
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
hew
/
Name, Verb
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
hit
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
hit home
//
Phrase, Verb
hours
/x
Verb
hunger
/x
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
identify
x/xx
Verb
impactor
x/x
Noun
impinge on
x//
Phrase, Verb
impress
x/
Verb, Noun
improving
x/x
Adjective
in the lead
xx/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
incursion
x/x
Noun
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
instill
x/
Verb
internship
/xx
Noun
intervention
xx/x
Noun
jab
/
Noun, Verb
jolts
/
Noun, Verb
kick
/
Verb, Noun
knock
/
Verb, Noun
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
lash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
leapfrog
/x
Noun, Verb
lease
/
Noun, Verb
leave
/
Verb, Noun
licensing
/xx
Noun
lift
/
Verb, Noun
light upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lightning
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
locate
/x
Verb
lockout
/x
Noun
maintain
x/
Verb
make
/
Verb, Noun
marketing
/xx
Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb
me
/
Noun
meet
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
mint
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
miss
/
Name, Verb
move
/
Verb, Noun
needless
/x
Adjective, Adverb
obtain
x/
Verb