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sacrifice fly
noun
Baseball.
a fly ball when there are fewer than two players out that enables a base runner, usually at third base, to score after the ball is caught.
Origin:
1965–70
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sacrifice fly
noun
a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball
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