triple threat

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noun

an expert in three different fields or in three different skills in the same field.

Football. a back who is proficient at running, passing, and punting: The triple threat is a rare find for coaches.

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Origin of triple threat

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby triple threat

triple rhythm, triple sec, triple-space, triplet, tripletail, triple threat, triple time, tripleton, triple-tongue, triple voile, triple witching hour

How to use triple threat in a sentence

Still, throughout the pandemic, the three-time Helen Hayes Award-winning actor and genuine triple threat has proved resilient and, in his words, lucky.
Actor Bobby Smith on making a living in a pandemic|Patrick Folliard|January 14, 2021|Washington Blade
When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
But this war jumps from city to city, depending the threat of the day.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But his solution to this metastasizing threat is, in some ways, counterintuitive.
ISIS Fight Has a Spy Shortage, Intel Chair Says|Kimberly Dozier|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

“The threat streams to U.S. interests and Western interests are off the chart,” he said.
ISIS Fight Has a Spy Shortage, Intel Chair Says|Kimberly Dozier|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Perfect Storm writer talks combat brotherhood and the threat posed by growing wealth inequality.
Sebastian Junger on War, Loss, and a Divided America|The Daily Beast Video|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The sediment usually contains abundant amorphous phosphates and crystals of triple phosphate and ammonium urate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
That cold, sneering voice, with its note of threat, was like a hand of ice upon his overheated brain.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
At the beginning of 1917 I was offered the chance of production in a triple bill if I cut it down into a two-act play.
First Plays|A. A. Milne
Her voice was stern; it bore to the girl's ears a subtle, unworded repetition of the threat the Marquise had already voiced.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

Other Idioms and Phrases with triple threat

triple threat

A person who is adept in three areas, as in She's a triple threat on the editorial staff—she can edit, write, and design pages. This term comes from football, where it signifies a player who is good at running, passing, and kicking. [c. 1920] Also see hat trick.