strike off

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English

Verb

strike off (third-person singular simple present strikes off, present participle striking off, simple past struck off, past participle struck off or stricken off)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a list or register.
    The doctor was struck off the medical register for professional misconduct.
  2. (transitive) To erase from an account; to deduct.
  3. (transitive) To print.
  4. (transitive) To separate by a blow.

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