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three-and-outs

three-and-outs is the plural of three-and-out.

Meaning of three-and-out

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.

Questions about three-and-outs

What is three-and-outs the plural of?
Three-and-outs is the plural of three-and-out.

Words near three-and-outs in the dictionary

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

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