strike up

Meaning

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To start something with somebody else, such as a conversation or relationship.
2. (ergative, idiomatic, intransitive) To start something, usually playing live music.
3. To raise (as sheet metal), in making dishes, pans, etc., by blows or pressure in a die.

Synonyms

start

sound off

begin

call

call in

call up

change one’s mind

cock

commence

embark

embark on

energise

energize

excite

face off

fiddle

get going

get started

go

hit

inaugurate

initiate

introduce

key

🔑

launch

lead off

open

open up

originate

phone

☎️

pitch

play

play back

precede

preface

prime

ring

💍

set

set in motion

sound

🔉

spiel

start out

start up

strike

take up

telephone

☎️

tune

tune in

tune up

tweak

Translations

intonare

aanheffen

schließen

entonner

incominciare

far partire

sluiten

opspelen

puxar

entablar

anstimmen

trabar

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