'strike out' definitions:

Remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list" [syn: cross off, cross out, strike out, strike off, mark]

Put out or be put out by a strikeout; "Oral struck out three batters to close the inning"

Be unsuccessful in an endeavor; "The candidate struck out with his health care plan"

Make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body

Cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" [syn: retire, strike out]

Set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own"