"strike out looking" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: strikes out looking [present, singular, third-person], striking out looking [participle, present], struck out looking [participle, past], struck out looking [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|strike<,,struck> out looking|head=strike out looking}} strike out looking (third-person singular simple present strikes out looking, present participle striking out looking, simple past and past participle struck out looking)
  1. (transitive, baseball, softball) To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball Related terms: catch someone looking, go down swinging
    Sense id: en-strike_out_looking-en-verb-hzEJGKGn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 39 7 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
  2. (intransitive, baseball, softball) To strike out without swinging at the called strike. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball
    Sense id: en-strike_out_looking-en-verb-2SFfsqzH Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, figuratively) To fail while giving little effort. Tags: colloquial, figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-strike_out_looking-en-verb-lbC5vyTQ

Download JSON data for strike out looking meaning in English (3.0kB)

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