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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Israel has made no secret of its interest in lobbying President Trump to support a strike against Iran's nuclear program.
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Under the plans announced earlier in February, however, such people would no longer be eligible for citizenship, as entering the U.K. irregularly - crossing the English channel in a small boat, for instance - would be considered a strike against the ‘good character’ of the applicant.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The next year was impacted by the 40-day strike against GM that delayed the launch of the 2020 Corvette Stingray, the first mid-engine model.
—Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest strike against Paloma’s case, though, is that Tenoch doesn’t seem to have any particular animosity toward his father.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
Under the plans announced earlier in February, however, such people would no longer be eligible for citizenship, as entering the U.K. irregularly - crossing the English channel in a small boat, for instance - would be considered a strike against the ‘good character’ of the applicant.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
The next year was impacted by the 40-day strike against GM that delayed the launch of the 2020 Corvette Stingray, the first mid-engine model.
—Jackie Charniga, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Perhaps the biggest strike against Paloma’s case, though, is that Tenoch doesn’t seem to have any particular animosity toward his father.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for strike against
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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