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Definition of Strike a blow
1. Verb. Affect adversely. "The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strike A Blow
Literary usage of Strike a blow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of English History by Frederick Sanders Pulling (1884)
"... the spirit to strike a blow at any weak point of the assailants with a vigilant
forethought, extending even to the minutest measures of defence. ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"I cannot strike a blow at the great men of, that does not pass through and light
on the reverend and charmed form of the Father of his ..."
3. Men of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries, Containing Biographical by Thompson Cooper (1884)
"... troops was landed (July 17], under the command of Sir Archibald Alison, who
was, however, neither able nor authorized to strike a blow at Arabi's army. ..."
4. Revised Record of the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York by William H. Steele, Charles Elliott Fitch (1900)
"Now, sir, when I strike a blow I want to aim at the object I desire to hit, and
it seems to me that in introducing and passing this provision, ..."
5. Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1877)
"... and strike a blow, at least, for the glorious faith of our forefathers in the
spiritual and immortal nature of man, in the righteousness, the reign, ..."
6. The History of the World: Comprising a General History, Both Ancient and by Samuel Maunder (1852)
"... Henry departed from the scene of his easy conquest—if conquest, indeed, that
could be called in which he never had occasion to strike a blow—in April, ..."
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