strike out

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[edit] Verb

to strike out (third-person singular simple present strikes out, present participle striking out, simple past and past participle struck out)

1. (intransitive) To yield nothing, especially for sexual advances.

   Dave struck out with the blonde.

2. (intransitive, baseball, softball) To be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out.")

   He struck out on a nasty slider.

3. (transitive, baseball) To retire a batter after three strikes.

   He struck out Jones with a nasty slider.

[edit] See also

• tagged out
• thrown out
• batted out
• fouled out
• strikeout
• walk
• single
• double