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strike a lightRefers to a 'red headed ' person. As a friendly greeting, to state obviously (noticing their hair colour), refers to a brand of matches ('Redheads')Rate it:

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strike upTo start something with somebody else. Usually a conversation or relationship.Rate it:

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strike a happy mediumTo find a midway between two opposing or contradictory issues, to compromise on a problemRate it:

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strike it luckyTo have unexpected good fortune.Rate it:

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strike outTo strongly criticize or make a verbal attack, particularly as a response to previous criticism or provocation.Rate it:

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strike one's flagTo yield, give up, or surrender.Rate it:

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strike while the iron is hotTo act on an opportunity promptly; to avoid waiting.Rate it:

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strike me pinkan exclamation of surpriseRate it:

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strike throughPartly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.Rate it:

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strike upTo start something, usually playing live music.Rate it:

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strike backTo retaliateRate it:

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go on striketake industrial actionRate it:

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one strike and you're outIf you fail you will be given no second chance.Rate it:

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strike a blowTo hitRate it:

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strike a chordTo convey a feeling or meaning which someone personally internalizes and takes to heart.Rate it:

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strike a chordTo elicit a significant reaction, especially one which is favorable or sympathetic.Rate it:

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strike downto knock downRate it:

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strike downto kill someone or something, to cause to suddenly dieRate it:

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strike downto invalidateRate it:

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strike it richTo suddenly and unexpectedly become richRate it:

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strike one's flagTo take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.Rate it:

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strike outTo lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.Rate it:

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strike outTo draw a line through some text such as a printed or written sentence, with the purpose of deleting that text from the rest of the document.Rate it:

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strike outto treat something as settledRate it:

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strike outOf a batter, to be retired after three strikes; of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.Rate it:

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strike outTo fail; to be refused a request or to have a proposal not be accepted, in particular a request for a date.Rate it:

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strike outTo begin to make one's way.Rate it:

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strike out into unknown territoryVenture forth into a new or unknown business, theme, vacation, personal relationship or program.Rate it:

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Strike While the Iron is HotTo avail the opportunity at the right time, to make use of a favorable conditionRate it:

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light at the end of the tunnelA better situation after long hardship.Rate it:

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light on one's feetnimble, light-footedRate it:

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see the lightTo gain an understanding of something previously not understood, especially in a sudden insight.Rate it:

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Trip the Light FantasticDancing in a versatile manner; to danceRate it:

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light in the loafersGay; homosexual.Rate it:

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cast/shed/throw light on sthto make a problem,etc easier to understandRate it:

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in light ofGiven, considering.Rate it:

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red lightDenial to proceed. Ruling out of any possibility.Rate it:

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Get the Green LightGet permitted to do something, be allowed to move forward in taskRate it:

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hide one's light under a bushelFor a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.Rate it:

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red lightA sign of a brothel.Rate it:

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let there be lightUsed as a metaphor for the spread of wisdomRate it:

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light intoAttack.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing.Rate it:

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come to lightTo become known; to be revealed.Rate it:

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go out like a lightTo fall asleep quickly.Rate it:

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sweetness and lightThat which is good, pure, pleasant, etc.Rate it:

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yellow lightLimited approval or permission to proceed.Rate it:

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beginning to see the lightan awakening, an awareness, sudden realization, recognizing a situation.Rate it:

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as light as a featherHaving no weightRate it:

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false lightA point of view resulting in a misleading or inaccurate representation of a person, situation, or fact.Rate it:

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