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strikes tallies

strikes tallies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike tallies.

Meaning of strike tallies

Verb

strike tallies (third-person singular simple present strikes tallies, present participle striking tallies, simple past and past participle struck tallies)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To act in correspondence, or alike.
    • The Clergie in the Province of York did also for a long time deny the Kings Supremacy. Indeed the Convocation of York hath ever since struck Talies with that of Canterbury, though not implicitly)^([sic]) unanimously post-concurring therewith;1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section 2”, in The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI), page 188

Questions about strikes tallies

What is strikes tallies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Strikes tallies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike tallies.

Words near strikes tallies in the dictionary

  1. strikes one's colors
  2. strikes one's flag
  3. strikes out
  4. strikes someone when they are down
  5. strikes someone's fancy
  6. strikes tallies
  7. strikes the colors
  8. strikes the iron while it's hot
  9. strikes the tent
  10. strikes through
  11. strikes twice

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