To strike off Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike off the interest of a debt . (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a thousand copies of a book . = to run off? [copies] (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.

Webster 1913