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struck the tent

struck the tent is the simple past and past participle of strike the tent.

Meaning of strike the tent

Verb

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

  1. To pack up and leave.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To yield, give up, or surrender.

Questions about struck the tent

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

Words near struck the tent in the dictionary

  1. struck someone when they were down
  2. struck someone's fancy
  3. struck tallies
  4. struck the colors
  5. struck the iron while it's hot
  6. struck the tent
  7. struck through
  8. struck twice
  9. struck up
  10. struck while the iron is hot
  11. strucken

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