strike
/strɑɪk/ v [I/T] (past tense and past participle struck /strʌk/) (STOP WORK)Definition
› social studies to refuse to continue working because workers or their labor union (= employees’ organization) cannot come to an agreement with an employer over pay or other conditions of the job: [I] Flight attendants are threatening to strike to get more flexible schedules.
(Definition of strike v (STOP WORK) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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