strike sth out/through
— phrasal verb with strike /straɪk/ verb (struck, struck)Definition
› to draw a line through text in a document to show that it does not relate to you or is not correct: Please strike out whichever option does not apply to you.Deleting writing
(Definition of strike sth out/through from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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