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strikes through

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

Meaning of strike through

Verb

strike through (third-person singular simple present strikes through, present participle striking through, simple past struck through, past participle struck through or (rare or archaic) stricken through)

  1. To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
    • It is useful to strike through an incorrect text, leaving it legible, to demonstrate that it is an incorrect usage.

Questions about strikes through

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

Words near strikes through in the dictionary

  1. strikes someone's fancy
  2. strikes tallies
  3. strikes the colors
  4. strikes the iron while it's hot
  5. strikes the tent
  6. strikes through
  7. strikes twice
  8. strikes up
  9. strikes while the iron is hot
  10. strikeslip fault
  11. strikest

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