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three strikes

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
three strikes

▶noun US legislation which makes an offender's third felony punishable by life imprisonment or other severe sentence.

– origin 1990s: from the phr. three strikes and you're out (with allusion to baseball).

'three strikes' also found in these Oxford entries:

strike - strikeout

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