strike up

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verb

1. start playing (Freq. 4)
- The musicians struck up a tune
• Syn:
sound off
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. begin
- strike up a conversation
- strike up a friendship
• Hypernyms:
initiate, pioneer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something