strike the tent
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]strike the tent (third-person singular simple present strikes the tent, present participle striking the tent, simple past and past participle struck the tent)
- To pack up and leave.
- Synonyms: strike camp, break camp
- (idiomatic, by extension) To yield, give up, or surrender.
Synonyms
[edit]- (yield, give up, surrender): wave the white flag, strike one's flag
Further reading
[edit]- “strike the tent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.