STRIKE A BLOW

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Affect adversely

Example:

The court ruling struck a blow at the old segregation laws

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "strike a blow" is one way to...):

affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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