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pinch hitter

 
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–noun
1. Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
2. any substitute for another, esp. in an emergency.
Origin:
1910–15, Americanism
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pinch-hit   (pĭnch'hĭt')
intr.v.   pinch-hit, pinch-hit·ting, pinch-hits

  1. Baseball To bat in place of a player scheduled to bat, especially when a hit is badly needed.

  2. Informal To substitute for another in a time of need.

pinch hit n., pinch hitter n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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pinch hitter

  1. n.
    a substitute batter in the game of baseball. : Sam is a pinch hitter for Ralph, who broke his wrist.
  2. n.
    any substitute person. : In school today we had a pinch hitter. Our teacher was sick.
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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