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pinch hitting

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pinch-hit

[pinch-hit] verb (used without object), -hit, -hit⋅ting.
1. Baseball. to serve as a pinch hitter.
2. Informal. to substitute for someone, esp. in an emergency.
–verb (used with object)
3. Baseball. to get, or make (a hit) in pinch-hitting.

Origin:
1930–35, Americanism; back formation from pinch hitter
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