strike up

verb

1. (of a band, orchestra, etc) to begin to play or sing
2. tr to bring about; cause to begin

   to strike up a friendship

3. tr to emboss (patterns, etc) on (metal)

Example Sentences

If you respond, he begins to strike up a conversation through its private message function.

From The Daily Beast

Just before heading out into the Hollywood night, I strike up a conversation with New Zealand actress Rena Owen.

From The Daily Beast

When among Israelis, I find myself trying to strike up spontaneous singalongs of old Israeli ditties.

From The Daily Beast

He would "strike up a conversation with anyone and relate to them," Henkel said.

From The Daily Beast

The two immediately strike up a friendship, with the old spinster writing in her diary that Sheba “may be the one.”

From The Daily Beast

On this the royal band of music would strike up its liveliest airs, and a great bell would toll its evening warning.

From Project Gutenberg

What really brought our party into this country, though, was a report of a rich strike up above.

From Project Gutenberg

But it was one thing to strike up an acquaintanceship in Liverpool, and quite another to continue that acquaintanceship elsewhere.

From Project Gutenberg

One 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.

From Project Gutenberg

In that case he had only to strike up a few airs and it was all up with the poor Colus.

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