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strikes twice

strikes twice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike twice.

Meaning of strike twice

Verb

strike twice (third-person singular simple present strikes twice, present participle striking twice, simple past and past participle struck twice)

  1. (but figuratively meaning other things) 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

Questions about strikes twice

What is strikes twice the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Strikes twice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of strike twice.

Words near strikes twice in the dictionary

  1. strikes tallies
  2. strikes the colors
  3. strikes the iron while it's hot
  4. strikes the tent
  5. strikes through
  6. strikes twice
  7. strikes up
  8. strikes while the iron is hot
  9. strikeslip fault
  10. strikest
  11. strikesthrough

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