strike up
verb
struck up; struck up also stricken up; striking up; strikes up
: to begin to sing or play or to be sung or played
1
: to cause to begin singing or playing
strike up the band
2
: to cause to begin
strike up a conversation
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The polar opposites strike up an unlikely friendship before external forces threaten their bond.
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Scammers will patiently strike up an online friendship or romantic relationship with a victim, eventually guiding them to invest in elaborate fake cryptocurrency ventures.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Stewart recounts discovering that Andy had struck up an affair with a woman named Robin, who lived on their Connecticut property.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Nicknamed the James Bond of India, Doval is a mustached former spy nearly twice Sullivan’s age, but the two men had struck up an unexpectedly close relationship over the course of the Biden years.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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Eric Andersson, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Scammers will patiently strike up an online friendship or romantic relationship with a victim, eventually guiding them to invest in elaborate fake cryptocurrency ventures.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
Stewart recounts discovering that Andy had struck up an affair with a woman named Robin, who lived on their Connecticut property.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Nicknamed the James Bond of India, Doval is a mustached former spy nearly twice Sullivan’s age, but the two men had struck up an unexpectedly close relationship over the course of the Biden years.
—Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Strike up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20up. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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