to strike up an acquaintance

  • 1acquaintance — n. familiarity 1) to have an acquaintance with (he has some acquaintance with statistics) 2) a slight, superficial acquaintance 3) on acquaintance (on closer acquaintance he proved to be a nice person) 4) an acquaintance with casual friendship 5) …

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  • 2strike — strikeless, adj. /struyk/, v., struck or (Obs.) strook; struck or (esp. for 31 34) stricken or (Obs.) strook; striking; n., adj. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit …

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  • 3strike — [[t]straɪk[/t]] v. struck; struck (esp. for31 34)strick•en; strik•ing; 1) to deal a blow to, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit 2) to inflict; deliver: struck a blow[/ex] 3) to drive so as to cause impact: to strike the hands… …

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  • 4acquaintance — noun 1 person you know ADJECTIVE ▪ casual ▪ I ran into a casual acquaintance in town. ▪ new ▪ close, old ▪ business …

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  • 5strike — [c]/straɪk / (say struyk) verb (struck) or stricken) –verb (t) 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit: he struck her and she fell to the floor. 2. to deliver a blow, stroke, or thrust with …

  • 6strike — v. & n. v. (past struck; past part. struck or archaic stricken) 1 a tr. subject to an impact. b tr. deliver (a blow) or inflict a blow on. 2 tr. come or bring sharply into contact with (the ship struck a rock). 3 tr. propel or divert with a blow… …

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  • 7strike up — phr verb Strike up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑band, ↑orchestra Strike up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acquaintance, ↑alliance, ↑conversation, ↑friendship …

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  • 8List of Strike Witches characters — This is a list of major characters that appear in the Strike Witches franchise.[1] Contents 1 501st Joint Fighter Wing 2 Suomus Independent Volunteer Aerial Squadron 3 Maidens of the B …

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  • 9pick — I v 1. choose, select, handpick, pick out, single out; decide upon, determine upon, settle upon, fix upon; make up one s mind, make one s choice, make a selection, opt, opt for; sift, sift out, sieve out, screen, screen out, sort, sort out,… …

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  • 10Morocco (1930 film) — Morocco theatrical release poster Directed by Josef von Sternberg Produced by …

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