Idiom
strike a light
Meaning
To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to strike a light to start the campfire.”
“It was too dark to see the path, so he stopped to strike a light with his matchbox.”
“As the storm intensified, she struggled to strike a light against the damp flint to illuminate the cabin.”
Examples
simple
“I need to strike a light to start the campfire.”
contextual
“It was too dark to see the path, so he stopped to strike a light with his matchbox.”
complex
“As the storm intensified, she struggled to strike a light against the damp flint to illuminate the cabin.”
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