three strikes and you're out

English

Etymology

Figurative extension of the literal origin in baseball, where either three strikes or four balls retire the batter.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

three strikes and you're out

  1. Three mistakes, rule breaches etc. will result in termination, disqualification or similar.

Derived terms

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