strike the tent
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.