strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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As well as those four goals, including that sensational strike against City, he’s contributed three assists.
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Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
After a successful strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers in 2023, the UAW has been making some headway organizing workers at EV battery facilities.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The last strike against King Soopers was in January 2022 when thousands of employees across metro Denver walked off the job.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
The truth is, any sort of highly visible and attributable strike against the US was never a risk because Moscow would have suffered devastating retaliation.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
After a successful strike against Detroit's Big Three automakers in 2023, the UAW has been making some headway organizing workers at EV battery facilities.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The last strike against King Soopers was in January 2022 when thousands of employees across metro Denver walked off the job.
—Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
The truth is, any sort of highly visible and attributable strike against the US was never a risk because Moscow would have suffered devastating retaliation.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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