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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A play in which two players are put out.
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- noun baseball, softball A
defensive play in which twoouts are recorded. - noun US, colloquial Achieving two results from one action.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of getting two players out on one play
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