strike up
verb
struck up;
struck up
also stricken up;
striking up;
strikes up
Definition of strike up
: to begin to sing or play or to be sung or played
1
: to cause to begin singing or playing
strike up the band
2
: to cause to begin
strike up a conversation
Examples of strike up in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Witnesses would later tell police that Vickers did not know Walls, but struck up a conversation with Fat Boy. — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, "Appeals court upholds murder in Antioch recording studio, but defendant may get lighter sentence," 2 July 2019 Five Australian backpackers boarded and struck up a conversation with me. — Masada Siegel, WSJ, "The Joy of Traveling Alone," 22 Jan. 2019 The professor took the opportunity to strike up a conversation with Carter Page, whom Trump had named a few months earlier as a foreign policy advisor. — Washington Post, latimes.com, "Secret FBI source for Russia inquiry met with three Trump advisors during campaign," 19 May 2018 Neither Foster nor Grande — who were also recently photographed strolling arm in arm — have responded to the speculation, but a source tells PEOPLE the longtime collaborators have indeed struck up a romance. — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE.com, "Is Ariana Grande Dating Social House's Mikey Foster 10 Months After Pete Davidson Split?," 2 Aug. 2019 Unlike Mr Sisi, who crushed the Brotherhood, Mr Essebsi struck up a friendship with Ennahda’s leader, Rachid Ghannouchi. — The Economist, "Tunisians say goodbye to President Beji Caid Essebsi," 1 Aug. 2019 Cardi B, the 26-year-old chart-topping Bronx rapper, has struck up an unlikely friendship with Sanders, the 77-year-old senator from Vermont and part of a four-contender pack for the 2020 Democratic nomination. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, "Cardi B Met With Bernie Sanders: 'Together, Let's Build a Movement of Young People'," 29 July 2019 After stopping by one of their recording sessions, A.J. Eaton and Crosby struck up a friendship, riffing on space exploration over lunch and listening to Pat Metheny together. — Amy Kaufman, latimes.com, "The cantankerous glory of David Crosby, who hates Spotify, wants to reunite CSNY and saved at least $25,000 growing pot," 11 July 2019 Additionally, Whitney is donning a white dress, ready to walk down the aisle much to Noah’s distress and Helen is striking up a new romance with a charming movie star (guest star Claes Bang). — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, "Noah seeks redemption in The Affair season 5 trailer," 2 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strike up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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