strike out looking

English

Verb

strike out looking (third-person singular simple present strikes out looking, present participle striking out looking, simple past and past participle struck out looking)

1. (transitive, baseball, softball) To strike out (a batter) without the batter swinging at the called strike.
2. (intransitive, baseball, softball) To strike out without swinging at the called strike.
3. (intransitive, colloquial, figuratively) To fail while giving little effort.

See also

• catch someone looking
• go down swinging