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strike

See:

CALLED STRIKE,

HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE,

LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE,

TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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