strike out (someone)
(BASEBALL)Definition
› (in baseball) to be called out (= lose your chance to hit) because you have failed or did not try to hit the ball three times: After Buhner struck out, Sorrento singled. › If you strike someone out, you pitch (= throw) the ball in a way that the person cannot hit it three times: The relief pitcher struck out the first two batters he faced.
(Definition of strike out (someone) (BASEBALL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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