strike out
—phrasal verbwithstrikeverbuk/straɪk/us/straɪk/struck|struck
(START)
tostartdoing something new,independentlyof otherpeople
独立开创新事业；自立谋生
Afterworkingfor herfatherfor tenyears, shefeltit wastimetostrikeoutonherown.她在为父亲工作了10年之后，感觉到是该自己独立开创一番事业的时候了。
(FAIL)
USinformal
to beunsuccessful
失败，砸锅
I reallystruckoutwithher - she wouldn'tevenkissme goodnight.我确实把她得罪了——她连吻我道声晚安都不肯。