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two strikes against someone What does two strikes against someone mean?
do two things that are wrong or bad and have only one more to do to cause you serious trouble ( from baseball where a batter is finished after three strikes)
do two things that are wrong or bad and have only one more to do to cause you serious trouble ( from baseball where a batter is finished after three strikes)The young boy had two strikes against him when he went to hear the judge's decision about his crime.
two strikes against (someone) What does two strikes against (someone) mean?
to do two things that are wrong or bad and have only one more thing to do to cause you serious trouble ( from baseball where a batter is finished after three strikes)
The young boy already had two strikes against him when he went to hear the judge's decision about his crime.
Enough talk, let's put some food down the hatch. Here's a drinking expression that seems to have its origins in sea freight, where cargoes are lowered into the hatch for transport below deck. The freight appears to be consumed by the ship.