Play and Strike

Play

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Strike and play are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strike" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Strike verb - To refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands.

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Play and strike are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a verb "Strike".

Nearby Words: striking, striker, strikeout, striked, striken

good	good play	good strike
musical	musical play	musical strike
full	full play	full strike
normal	normal play	normal strike
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, real, successful, big, great, infamous, major, general, final, next, double, last, recent, triple.

character	play character	strike character
match	play match	strike match
god	play god	strike god
hand	play hand	strike hand
Other words: time, way, world, card.

You'd expect this trope to come into play, but the bad guy instead slips on a discarded metal can just as he's about to strike, and falls on his own blade.

Source: Banana Peel
You'd expect the Banana Peel trope to come into play, but the bad guy instead slips on a discarded metal can just as he's about to strike, and falls on his own blade.

Source: Coincidental Dodge
Gates is, once again, left with nothing, but he vows that he'll strike back and never again lose to Jobs.From here the play follows both nascent software moguls as they move through life.

Source: Theatre / N.E.R.D.S.

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Strike and Play. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/play/strike

Play & Strike. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/play/strike>.

Strike or Play. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/play/strike.

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