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called strike

–noun Baseball.
a pitch not swung at by a batter but ruled a strike by the umpire.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
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called strike   (kôld)
n.   Baseball
A pitch judged by the umpire to be a strike and not swung at by the batter.
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