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three-and-out

three-and-out noun: the situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.

Noun

three-and-out (plural three-and-outs)

  1. The situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.

Forms of three-and-out

pluralthree-and-outs

Questions about three-and-out

What does three-and-out mean?
Three-and-out means the situation where a team is forced to punt the football without having made any first downs.
What part of speech is three-and-out?
Three-and-out is a noun.
What is the plural of three-and-out?
The plural of three-and-out is three-and-outs.

Words near three-and-out in the dictionary

  1. three up, three down
  2. three wise men
  3. three wood
  4. three woods
  5. three's a crowd
  6. three-and-out
  7. three-and-outs
  8. three-and-twenty
  9. three-bagger
  10. three-baggers
  11. three-ball

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