strike out looking
verb1
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Softball, Sports To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike.
2
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Softball, Sports To strike out without swinging at the called strike.
3
Colloquial, Figuratively To fail while giving little effort.
- Related terms
- catch someone looking, go down swinging