strike off
phrasal verbstrike something off
- to remove something with a hard hit; to cut something off
- He struck off the rotten branches with an axe.
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strike somebody/something off (something)
(also strike somebody/something from something)
- to remove somebody/something’s name from something, such as the list of members of a professional group
- Strike her name off the list.
- The doctor was struck off (= not allowed to continue to work as a doctor) for incompetence.