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struck a blow

struck a blow is the simple past and past participle of strike a blow.

Meaning of strike a blow

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To hit; to successfully land a hit.
    • His opponent danced and dodged so nimbly that he couldn’t strike a blow.
  2. (figuratively) To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something.
    • The Supreme Court ruling struck a blow for gender equality.

Questions about struck a blow

What is struck a blow the simple past and past participle of?
Struck a blow is the simple past and past participle of strike a blow.

Words near struck a blow in the dictionary

  1. Strubles
  2. strubs
  3. struck
  4. struck a balance
  5. struck a bargain
  6. struck a blow
  7. struck a chord
  8. struck a false note
  9. struck a light
  10. struck a medium
  11. struck a nerve

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