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pinch-hit

  [pinch-hit] verb (used without object), -hit, -hit⋅ting.
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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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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
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