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striking twice

striking twice is the present participle and gerund 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 striking twice

What is striking twice the present participle and gerund of?
Striking twice is the present participle and gerund of strike twice.

Words near striking twice in the dictionary

  1. striking tallies
  2. striking the colors
  3. striking the iron while it's hot
  4. striking the tent
  5. striking through
  6. striking twice
  7. striking up
  8. Striking Viking
  9. striking while the iron is hot
  10. strikingest
  11. strikingly

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