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STRIKE A BLOW
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affect adversely
Example:
The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strike a blow" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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