Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
phrase
Three mistakes, rule breaches etc. will result in termination, disqualification or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Figurative extension of the literal origin in baseball, where either three strikes or four balls retire the batter.
