strike out looking (English, verb)
expansion: strike out looking (third-person singular simple present strikes out looking, present participle striking out looking, simple past and past participle struck out looking)
Senses:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike.
tags: transitive
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: To strike out without swinging at the called strike.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To fail while giving little effort.
tags: colloquial
figuratively
intransitive
Forms:
form: strikes out looking
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: striking out looking
tags: participle
present
form: struck out looking
tags: participle
past
form: struck out looking
tags: past