sympathetic strike
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sympathetic strike
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Word was passed among us, and we resolved to initiate a sympathetic strike beginning with our next meal.
From Literature
His accompaniment drowns the melody, his rhythm goes on a sympathetic strike, dynamic and other artistic properties become hysterical; no matter, he—"feels"!
From Project Gutenberg
I suppose you mean in the way of a sympathetic strike, and that is entirely improbable.
From Project Gutenberg
The shops are shuttered after local merchants united to call a sympathetic strike.
From Time
Instead of 'sympathetic strikes,' far more useful sympathy should be shown by other unions working full time steadily and sharing their wages with those fighting for violated rights against the encroachments of combined capital.
From Project Gutenberg
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
