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Strike hard   /straɪk hɑrd/   Listen
Strike hard

verb
1.
Deliver a sharp blow or push :.  Synonym: knock.






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"Strike hard" Quotes from Famous Books



... midst of her relations and friends, each of whom gives her four or five blows with pieces of sipo (an elastic climber), till she falls senseless or dead. If she recovers, the operation is repeated four times at intervals of six hours, and it is considered an offence to the parents not to strike hard. Meantime, pots of meats and fish have been made ready; the sipos are dipped into them and then given to the girl to lick, who is now considered ...
— Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I. • Sir James George Frazer

... and one comedies at the Gymnase. I rely on you to come here, like one of Moliere's old men, to scold your nephew Leandre for his folly, while the Tenth Muse lies hidden in my bedroom; you must work on her feelings; strike hard, be brutal, offensive. I, you understand, shall express my blind devotion, and shall seem to be deaf, so that you may have to ...
— The Muse of the Department • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Strike hard" :   strike



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