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Three and out is a football term. In American football you 4 "downs/attmepts" to get 10 yards. If you get the 10 or more yards than you start over at first down. If you don't get 10 yards after the first 3 downs you can go for it and try to get the remaining yards, punt or you can try for a field goal. A punt is when you kick the ball and the other team receives it and trys to return it into your endzone. The benifit of punting is it pushes the other team back towards the other side of the field and makes it harder for them to score. A field goal is when someone holds the ball and a kicker trys to kick the ball through the goal posts, which is worth 3 points. Anyway, if you go three downs without getting 10 yards and have to punt they call it "Three and out", you've done three plays and now your off the field.

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