# strike tallies

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/strike-tallies
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To act in correspondence, or alike.

## Examples

- Your story and his story do not strike tallies.
- The accountant noticed that the receipts did not strike tallies with the final bank statement.
- His public declarations of loyalty failed to strike tallies with his private actions, leaving his colleagues deeply suspicious of his true motives.

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