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strike a note

VERB
recall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up cite evoke remind summon think of
STRONG
arouse awaken bethink educe elicit extract flash mind recollect reestablish reinstate reintroduce reminisce renew retain retrospect revive rouse stir waken
WEAK
bring to mind call to mind come to one flash on look back nail it down ring a bell think back
Antonyms
STRONG
calm fire forget kill let go repress
WEAK
restore
VERB
remember
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commemorate get learn look back recall recognize relive remind
STRONG
bethink cite educe elicit enshrine extract memorialize memorize mind recollect reminisce retain retrospect revive revoke treasure
WEAK
bear in mind brood over call to mind call up conjure up dig into the past dwell upon fix in the mind flash on go back have memories hold dear keep forever know by heart nail down refresh memory ring a bell summon up think back
Antonyms
STRONGEST
forget miss misunderstand
STRONG
repress
WEAK
disregard

Example Sentences

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The image of a fully loaded, 80,000-pound driverless truck weaving around cars on a super-highway at 65 mph or more may strike a note of terror.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2024

Whenever a new strain pops up, public health officials try to strike a note between caution and reassurance.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2021

Mark Green, the head of USAID, America’s development agency, used the ministerial to strike a note that was both familiar and contentious.

From Economist • Jul. 27, 2018

Ideally both sides can agree on one voice in which to talk to Kim Jong-un, a voice that would strike a note between the two very different ones they are now striking.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018

But to begin our home there: we should have to strike a note of some sort.

From The Desert and the Sown by Foote, Mary Hallock