Meanings
verbstrike a lead (third-person singular simple present strikes a lead, present participle striking a lead, simple past struck a lead, past participle struck a lead or (rare or archaic) stricken a lead)
present singular third person strikes a lead · participle present striking a lead · past struck a lead · participle past struck a lead · archaic participle past rare stricken a lead
- figurativelyinformalTo find a way to fortune.
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