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Manohonor Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Varicate

Hi,

What does VARICATE mean?

Stop varicating! Gimme the keys!

and the flowing phrases:

-I won't do that!
- This's strike one! Strike one!

-Again! This is strike two!

What does STRIKE mean here

thanks

  

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'Stop (pre)varicating', I should think. Not sure about the strikes - baseball references? MrP

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'Stop (pre)varicating', I should think.

Not sure about the strikes - baseball references?

MrP
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In baseball, three strikes and you're out, i.e., basically you can take up to three swings at the ball pitched to you and fail on each. One such failure is a strike. Three strikes and you get no more chances. The next batter is up.

Counting strikes is often done by parents who are threating their children with some physical retribution for misbehavior. After the third strike comes t
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