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The idiom three strikes and you're out means that after three mistakes or failures, someone loses their chance or faces a consequence. It means there is a limit to how many times someone can fail before action is taken.
The phrase comes from baseball, where a batter is out after three strikes during their turn at bat. Because the rule is clear and final, the expression became a way to describe reaching the last allowed mistake.
The phrase comes from baseball, where a batter is out after three strikes during their turn at bat. Because the rule is clear and final, the expression became a way to describe reaching the last allowed mistake.
After missing the deadline twice already, he knew that if it happened again it would be three strikes and you're out.