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strike the first blow — phrase to make the first successful attack In any argument she usually struck the first blow. Thesaurus: to attack a person or objectsynonym Main entry: strike … Useful english dictionary
strike the first blow — to make the first successful attack In any argument she usually struck the first blow … English dictionary
The Foundation of Perth 1829 — is a 1929 oil on canvas painting by George Pitt Morison. It depicts the ceremony by which the town of Perth, Western Australia was founded on 12th August 1829. Morison painted the work as part of Western Australia s centenary celebrations, and… … Wikipedia
strike — strike1 [ straık ] (past tense and past participle struck [ strʌk ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 hit against ▸ 2 hit with hand, etc. ▸ 3 make violent attack ▸ 4 protest by not working ▸ 5 affect someone/something suddenly ▸ 6 when you think something ▸ 7 press … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
strike — 1 /straIk/ verb past tense and past participle struck /str k/ THINK/NOTICE 1 (transitive not in progressive) if a thought or idea strikes you, you suddenly realize that it is important, interesting, surprising, bad etc: The funny side of the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
strike */*/*/ — I UK [straɪk] / US verb Word forms strike : present tense I/you/we/they strike he/she/it strikes present participle striking past tense struck UK [strʌk] / US past participle struck 1) [intransitive/transitive] formal to hit against, or to crash… … English dictionary
blow — I n 1. slap, punch, hit, Inf. clout, Inf. buff, Sl. shot, Sl. slug, Sl. paste, Sl. bash, Sl. rap side the head. See bat 1 (def.2). 2. shock, calamity, reversal. See calamity (def.2). 3. come to blows fight, spar, grapple, scuffle, tussle, brawl,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
The Legislative Assembly and the fall of the French monarchy — The French Revolution was a period in the history of France covering the years 1789 to 1799, in which republicans overthrew the Bourbon monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church perforce underwent radical restructuring. This article covers the one… … Wikipedia
The Black Fleet Crisis — is a trilogy set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. The books take place 16 years after . All three novels were authored by Michael P. Kube McDowell and published by Bantam Books between March 1996 and November 1998.Books in the trilogy#Before… … Wikipedia
strike — [strīk] vt. struck, struck or occas. (but for vt. 11 commonly and for vt. 8 & 15 usually) stricken, striking, [ME striken, to proceed, flow, strike with rod or sword < OE strican, to go, proceed, advance, akin to Ger streichen < IE * streig … English World dictionary
