to strike out
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- phrasal verb
- /straɪk aʊt/
:
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- - You wanna strike out on your own?
- strike out on your own
Examples
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Suffice it to say, it is time to strike out in a new direction.
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You gained this huge following and then you made the decision before everyone else to leave YouTube and strike out on your own.
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The best way to grow was to leave and to strike out on my own.
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On land, you can always strike out on your own and leave others behind.
Blog text (25) -
My mother, however, could strike out on her own.
Fiction book (1990) -
More than likely, when I strike out on my own, I will.
Blog text (15) -
There comes a time in every cub's life when he needs to strike out and make it on his own.
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And I could see that Martha wanted to strike out on her own.
Fiction book (2001) -
I could tell Martha was bored and beginning to want to strike out on her own.
Fiction book (2001) -
Many young entrepreneurs dream of leaving their jobs to strike out on their own and start their own businesses.
Antonyms
How Independent
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5.1
- Informal
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∞
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'out' conveys movement away or independence, but the given sense of 'strike' (remove/cross out) does not directly mean 'begin'; the phrase relies on a metaphorical extension (similar to 'set out' or 'venture out') to mean starting independently. Because that connection is not fully predictable from the literal meanings, a B1 learner who knows the words would likely need prior exposure to infer the exact sense.
Etymology
Strike out gives the image of taking a first step into a new path: you strike the ground and move out, so it came to mean 'to go out on your own'.