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 New York Times story about the Metropolitan Museum of Art security guard and artist, Armia Khalil, who struck up a conversation with an incognito museum curator, who went on to include him in a current Met exhibit as a result, is almost too good to believe.
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cold Water’s draw is therefore palpable, with Lincoln playing a repressed man who moves to a Scottish village and strikes up a relationship with an enigmatic neighbor, played by the always brilliant Ewen Bremner.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Will Jimmy strike up a friendship with Louis in the same way that Alice has?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dixons have since struck up a telephone relationship with Blayne, who lives in another state.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Cold Water’s draw is therefore palpable, with Lincoln playing a repressed man who moves to a Scottish village and strikes up a relationship with an enigmatic neighbor, played by the always brilliant Ewen Bremner.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024
Will Jimmy strike up a friendship with Louis in the same way that Alice has?
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dixons have since struck up a telephone relationship with Blayne, who lives in another state.
—Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Strike up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20up. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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