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  • 81strike fear into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …

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  • 82strike terror into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …

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  • 83strike terror into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …

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  • 84strike a chill into someone — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …

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  • 85strike a chill into someone's heart — strike fear/terror/a chill/into someone/someone’s heart/ phrase to produce feelings of fear in someone a subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents He was capable of striking terror into the enemy …

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  • 86strike someone out — (or strike out) Baseball put a batter out (or be put out) from play as a batter by means of three strikes ■ strike out informal fail or be unsuccessful the company struck out the first time it tried to manufacture personal computers …

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  • 87strike on/upon — [phrasal verb] 1 strike on/upon (something) not used in progressive tenses : to find or discover (something) especially suddenly He struck on an idea for his novel. They struck upon a salt mine. 2 be struck on Brit, i …

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  • 88strike rate — ˈstrike rate [strike rate strike rates] noun usually singular (sport) the number of times a player is successful in relation to the number of times they try to score or win …

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  • 89strike something from something — ˌstrike sb/sth ˈoff (sth) derived (also ˌstrike sb/sth ˈfrom sth) to remove sb/sth s name from sth, such as the list of members of a professional group • Strike her name off the list. • The docto …

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  • 90strike somebody from something — ˌstrike sb/sth ˈoff (sth) derived (also ˌstrike sb/sth ˈfrom sth) to remove sb/sth s name from sth, such as the list of members of a professional group • Strike her name off the list. • The docto …

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