strike up
(of a band, orchestra, etc) to begin to play or sing
(tr) to bring about; cause to begin: to strike up a friendship
(tr) to emboss (patterns, etc) on (metal)
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How to use strike up in a sentence
If you respond, he begins to strike up a conversation through its private message function.
Just before heading out into the Hollywood night, I strike up a conversation with New Zealand actress Rena Owen.
Backstage at the Razzie Awards, Honoring Hollywood’s Worst Films | David Eckstein | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen among Israelis, I find myself trying to strike up spontaneous singalongs of old Israeli ditties.
He would "strike up a conversation with anyone and relate to them," Henkel said.
The two immediately strike up a friendship, with the old spinster writing in her diary that Sheba “may be the one.”
On this the royal band of music would strike up its liveliest airs, and a great bell would toll its evening warning.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeWhat really brought our party into this country, though, was a report of a rich strike up above.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonBut it was one thing to strike up an acquaintanceship in Liverpool, and quite another to continue that acquaintanceship elsewhere.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsOne went to a spinet which stood at the end of the room, and another brought in a violin and began to strike up a dancing air.
Hurricane Hurry | W.H.G. KingstonIn that case he had only to strike up a few airs and it was all up with the poor Colus.
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