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to strike off

to strike off

2 6.7
To remove a person or thing from an official list
  • phrasal verb
  • UK
translation icon : eliminar
  • - I'll have you struck off for this.

So the only thing I can discuss is that three of the plaintiffs were struck off.

Examples

  • They'll strike me off the rolls.

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

  • They struck me off the register, me, Dr Ludwig Mannheim, the greatest surgeon in the world!

    Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)

  • I could have you both struck off for this, you know.

    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

  • I will have it struck off.

    Skyfall (2012)

  • I could be struck off for this!

    Undertaking Betty (2002)

  • Besides, I'd be struck off.

    The Crucifix: Blood Of The Exorcist (2025)

  • A residential child care worker in Wales has been struck off after being convicted of possessing Class A drugs.

    Academic text (2011)

  • This pathologist has since been struck off, and a sizeable number of his post mortems were found to be unsafe.

    Blog text (27)

  • In 2007, the GMC began fitness to practise hearings against Wakefield, and in 2010, after being found guilty of serious professional misconduct, he was struck off the medical register, and The Lancet retracted his original paper.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The committee decided to strike off his name from the official list of candidates after the allegations were raised.

Synonyms

to drop
vsto strike off
∞ 3.1

To leave out a sound or part of a word

is used specifically to remove entries from official lists or registers
to cross off
vsto strike off
35 1.8

To draw a line through an item on a list to show it is finished

is for removing entries from official lists rather than casual list marking
to cross out
vsto strike off
14 2.3

Draw a line through a word or item to show it should be removed

is for removing entries from official registers rather than marking errors
to leave off
vsto strike off
12 4.4

Not include someone or something in a list

is for formally removing entries from official lists or registers
to strike out
vsto strike off
8 3.7

Remove a name or item from a list by drawing a line through it

is used for removing entries from official lists or registers

Antonyms

to add
∞ 1.0

Include something extra to make something larger or better

How Removed

to expunge
21 8.8
to strike off
  • UK
2 6.7
to remove
∞ 1.5
to suspend
141 3.9

Surface Forms

strike off infinitive
striking off present participle
strikes off third person singular
struck off past
struck off past participle

Morphology

strike + off

The meaning 'to remove from an official list' is directly derivable from combining 'strike' (to cross out/remove) with the particle 'off' (indicating removal). This verb+particle composition follows a common, compositional English pattern and is likely understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Strike off comes from the simple action of crossing a name out: someone would strike a line off a list to show the name was removed. So, strike off now means 'to remove someone or something from an official list or register'.