Third Time's the Charm

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  1. A hopeful comment made before another attempt after earlier failures. In engineering slang, it is often said with equal parts optimism and exhaustion.

    In plain English: A saying that the next attempt may finally work after earlier failures.

    Example: "Third time's the charm, the release manager said before retrying the rollout with the corrected migration order and a much quieter room."

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