strike a blow (English, verb)
expansion: strike a blow (third-person singular simple present strikes a blow, present participle striking a blow, simple past struck a blow, past participle struck a blow or (rare or archaic) stricken a blow)
Senses:
glosses: To hit; to successfully land a hit.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: To do something to support or defend (for) or to hinder or harm (at / against) something.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: strikes a blow
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking a blow
tags: participle
present
form: struck a blow
tags: past
form: struck a blow
tags: participle
past
form: stricken a blow
tags: archaic
participle
past
rare