English

Noun
mulligan

1. golfan unpenalized chance to re-take a stroke that went awry

#:If you lose your drive in the water, take a mulligan and try again.

1. A second chance

#:Don't do poorly in your first interview; you won't get a mulligan.

1. informal A unit of measure equal to 62.5 milliliters, or 2.5 shots, of alcohol. So named because it is the cost of being allowed a do-over in drinking games.

#:Tom couldn't handle the shot of tequila, so he had to do a mulligan of port.

See also
mulligan stew

zh:mulligan

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