strike on/uponsomething
phrasal verbwithstrikeverbuk/straɪk/us/straɪk/struck|struck
todiscoverorthinkof something:
Shestruckon theideafor hernovelwhile she wastravellingin Russia.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- finding
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- pinpoint
- pull
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover