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striking through

striking through is the present participle and gerund 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 striking through

What is striking through the present participle and gerund of?
Striking through is the present participle and gerund of strike through.

Words near striking through in the dictionary

  1. striking someone's fancy
  2. striking tallies
  3. striking the colors
  4. striking the iron while it's hot
  5. striking the tent
  6. striking through
  7. striking twice
  8. striking up
  9. Striking Viking
  10. striking while the iron is hot
  11. strikingest

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