strike out

remove from a list

• “Cross the name of the dead person off the list”

put out or be put out by a strikeout

• “Oral struck out three batters to close the inning”

be unsuccessful in an endeavor

• “The candidate struck out with his health care plan”

cause to retire

• “The pitcher retired three batters”
• “the runner was put out at third base”

set out on a course of action

• “He struck out on his own”