Three strikes and you are out



Three strikes and you are out.

Fig. Three chances and you are finished. (From baseball.) One more arrest for speeding and you lose your license. You know, three strikes and you're out.
See also: and, out, strike, three

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sprague[spreig]
Stanislavastah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Enej-Slovene
Yaakov-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
LuckyLUK-ee (English)English, Indian, Hindi
Childs[tʃaildz]