1. strike out - Noun
2. strike out - Verb
remove from a list
cause to get out
set out on a course of action
put out or be put out by a strikeout
make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
be unsuccessful in an endeavor
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If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. John D. Rockefeller
Whosoever, in writing a modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth. Walter Raleigh
Courage (in a soldier) is maintained by a certain anger; anger is a little blind and likes to strike out. And from this follows a thousand abuses, a thousand evils and misfortunes that are impossible to predict in an army during war. Joseph Joubert
So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different. Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series. Shawn Ryan
But I'm not looking forward to trying to strike out a lot of guys. Roger Clemens