strike twice
strike twice verb: to impact the same location, person, etc. again.
Verb
strike twice (third-person singular simple present strikes twice, present participle striking twice, simple past and past participle struck twice)
- To impact the same location, person, etc. again.
- "Has fortune struck twice in one week? I send you out after cheese and you bring home an entire cow?”2004, Lynn Abbey, Thieves' World: Enemies of Fortune, page 276
- Finger and Kane presented the editor with the Bat-Man, who made his debut in Detective Comics #27, dated May 1939, and . . . lightning struck twice. Another hit! Another Superman? Well, no. Oh, there were, and are, similarities: the double identity, the cape and tights, the devotion to...2008 February 9, Dennis O'Neil, Leah Wilson, Batman Unauthorized: Vigilantes, Jokers, and Heroes in Gotham City, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 3
Examples of strike twice in a sentence
- Lenny threw himself into a shell hole hoping that lightning wouldn't strike twice.2014 October 7, James G. Bilder, Artillery Scout: The Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War I, Casemate...
- Had he expected lightning to strike twice in his life?2022 October 19, Merrillee Whren, Puppy Love and Christmas Cookies, Merrillee Whren, →ISBN:
Forms of strike twice
| third-person singular present | strikes twice |
|---|---|
| present participle | striking twice |
| past participle | struck twice |
| past | struck twice |
Origin of strike twice
Alluding to the proverb lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Questions about strike twice
- What does strike twice mean?
- Strike twice means to impact the same location, person, etc. again.
- How do you use strike twice in a sentence?
- Lenny threw himself into a shell hole hoping that lightning wouldn't strike twice.
- What part of speech is strike twice?
- Strike twice is a verb.
- What is the past tense of strike twice?
- The past tense of strike twice is struck twice.
Words near strike twice in the dictionary
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