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pinch hitter
noun
1.
Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
2.
any substitute for another, especially in an emergency.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
1910–15, Americanism
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World English Dictionary
| pinch-hit | |
| —vb , -hits, -hitting, -hit | |
| 1. | baseball to bat as a substitute for the scheduled batter |
| 2. | informal (US), (Canadian) to act as a substitute |
| 3. | cricket (of a batsman in a limited-overs match) to bat aggressively at the start of an innings in order to take advantage of fielding restrictions |
| pinch hitter | |
| —n | |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
pinch hitter
A substitute for another person, especially in an emergency. For example, Pat expected her mother to help with the baby, but just in case, she lined up her mother-in-law as pinch hitter. This expression comes from baseball, where it is used for a player substituting for another at bat at a critical point or in a tight situation (called a pinch since the late 1400s). [Late 1800s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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