Idiom
lightning strike
Meaning
A (sometimes unofficial) strike by workers with little or no warning.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The workers held a lightning strike to protest their low pay.”
“Management was caught off guard when the factory staff organized a lightning strike this morning without any prior notice.”
“The sudden lightning strike paralyzed the city's transport network, leaving thousands of commuters stranded as the union bypassed formal negotiations.”
Examples
simple
“The workers held a lightning strike to protest their low pay.”
contextual
“Management was caught off guard when the factory staff organized a lightning strike this morning without any prior notice.”
complex
“The sudden lightning strike paralyzed the city's transport network, leaving thousands of commuters stranded as the union bypassed formal negotiations.”
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