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triple play

–noun Baseball.
a play in which three put-outs are made.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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triple play  
n.   Baseball
A defensive play that suddenly ends an inning by executing three consecutive putouts.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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