To strike in Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To enter suddenly . (b) To disappear from the surface, with internal effects, as an eruptive disease . (c) To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt . "I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr. Henshaw, but my Lord Winchelsea struck in." Evelyn. (d) To join in after another has begun,as in singing.