From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstrike somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb1 be struck off British EnglishLEAVE A JOB OR ORGANIZATION if a doctor, lawyer etc is struck off, their name is removed from the official list of people who are allowed to work as doctors, lawyers etc2 to remove someone or something from a list Terri was told to strike off the names of every person older than 30. → strike→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
strike off• Despite his one-year suspended prison sentence, the General Medical Council decided last month not to strike him off.• J. H. Thomas, at least, went home that night convinced that agreement was in sight and the strike was off.• Although the strike was called off, amid bitter controversy, it did benefit the Labour Party.• Only in exceptional circumstances will struck - off doctors be able to apply for reinstatement, and then only after five years.• The strike was called off on Dec. 12.• The strikes were called off on May 23 after an appeal from Gorbachev.• Hennepin and La Salle, whose subsequent westward expedition he was to join, struck sparks off one another from the outset.• The strike passed off relatively peacefully, although 50 strikers were reported to have been arrested following clashes with riot police.be struck off• Do you want me to be struck off?• Then her head was struck off and fixed on gallows and her body thrown into the pit.• Ancient law, it seems, was on their side; thousands were struck off, and more feared to be.• He was struck off in 1998, but still receives a National Health Service pension.• He was struck off the medical register for his pains.• In serious breaches of these codes, the professional can be struck off the professional register. 5.From Longman Business Dictionarystrike off phrasal verb be struck off British English if a doctor, lawyer etc is struck off, their name is removed from the official list of people who are allowed to work as doctors, lawyers etc → strike→ See Verb table 