Synonyms for strike up
strike up

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1. sound off, strike upverb

   start playing

   "The musicians struck up a tune"

   Synonyms:
   opine, complain, speak out, plain, kick, kvetch, animadvert, quetch, sound off, speak up

2. strike upverb

   begin

   "strike up a conversation"; "strike up a friendship"

   Synonyms:
   sound off

Matched Categories

1. • Initiate
   • Music
   • Play

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1. strike up

   Synonyms:
   begin to beat (as drums)

2. strike up

   Synonyms:
   begin to play or sing

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1. Harold Ford Jr.:

   He was just a wealth of information. He loved what we do, he loved politics, he loved talking about it, he loved arguing about it. And I used to love- he used to sit on a chair outside by the studio out there, and he would just sit out there on a nice day all day long, you'd come by, he'd strike up a conversation with you. We will miss him.

2. Reid Bigland:

   Under normal circumstances, when it comes to Canadian manufacturing, when the Canadian dollar goes down it's really an opportunity to strike up the band, unfortunately the (Canadian) dollar has been strong for so long that a lot of the band has left.

3. Brian Chin:

   She was the type of person who would never want to bother me to fix anything and would always strike up a conversation and say hello.