Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strike someone when they are down

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: strike -some-one when they are -down
IPA

50

Scrabble Score

28

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”).

Example Sentences

"but he was already so doubly overthrown by two Learned Opposers, that it seem'd unhandsome and ignoble to strike a man when he was down; his Circumstances making him rather an Object of Pity than Victory."

Inflected Forms

strikes someone when they are down (present, singular) striking someone when they are down (participle, present) struck someone when they were down (participle, past) struck someone when they were down (past)

Synonyms

kick someone when they are down hit someone when they are down

Questions

What does strike someone when they are down mean?: Synonym of kick someone when they are down (“make things worse for someone in a difficult position”).

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