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strike on

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strike someone or something on something
to hit someone or something on a particular place or part. The ball struck me on my elbow, causing a great deal of pain. I struck the bear on the paw, and that only made it madder.
See also: strike

strike something (up)on something

to hit or bang something on something else. She struck her head upon the side of the bed. Mary struck her elbow on the doorjamb.
See also: strike
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And so the cattle butchers declared a new strike on the spot; and gathering their members from the other plants, where the same trick had been played, they marched down Packers' Avenue, which was thronged with a dense mass of workers, cheering wildly.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
In the general uproar one could hear every individual drop strike on the stout and distended silk.
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