What does one strike and you're out mean?

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one strike and you're out

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

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"The training was intense and they had a strict one-strike-and-you're-out policy when it came to sleeping in."

What does one strike and you're out mean?: If one fails, one will not be given a second chance.

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