strike against
noun
chiefly US
: something that makes someone or something less likely to be accepted, approved, successful, etc.
Her poor attendance was a strike against her.
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Major League Baseball players voted in Dallas to strike against team owners.
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The walk was undone by the reversal of the pitch call, but Shelton thought the challenge was issued too late and shouldn’t have been allowed (elsewhere an umpire decided the Braves’ Matt Olson was actually guilty of a too-slow head tap and refused to send a strike against him to review).
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
In early February, the workers staged a three-day strike against Kaiser Permanente facilities across Southern California and Bakersfield.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Khaled Abdullah | Reuters Yemen’s Houthis launched a missile strike against Israel, the group said Saturday.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
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Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026
The walk was undone by the reversal of the pitch call, but Shelton thought the challenge was issued too late and shouldn’t have been allowed (elsewhere an umpire decided the Braves’ Matt Olson was actually guilty of a too-slow head tap and refused to send a strike against him to review).
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
In early February, the workers staged a three-day strike against Kaiser Permanente facilities across Southern California and Bakersfield.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Khaled Abdullah | Reuters Yemen’s Houthis launched a missile strike against Israel, the group said Saturday.
—Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
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“Strike against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20against. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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