strike the tent

verb

To pack up and leave.

Similar
strike campbreak campwave the white flagstrike one's flag
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Meanings

verbstrike the tent (third-person singular simple present strikes the tent, present participle striking the tent, simple past and past participle struck the tent)

present singular third person strikes the tent · participle present striking the tent · participle past struck the tent · past struck the tent

  1. To pack up and leave.

    Synonyms: strike camp, break camp

  2. broadlyidiomaticTo yield, give up, or surrender.

    Synonyms: wave the white flag, strike one's flag

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo pack up and leave.

Similar
strike campbreak camp

verbTo yield, give up, or surrender.

Similar
wave the white flagstrike one's flag
Also see
break campstrike one's flag
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strike the tent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20tent

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“strike the tent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20tent. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strike the tent,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strike%20the%20tent.

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