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pinch-hit

Definition of pinch-hit

verb

[no object] Baseball
  • bat instead of another player, typically at a critical point in the game.
  • North American informal act as a substitute for someone, especially in an emergency: last year, I pinch-hit for a movie critic on paternity leave

Derivatives

pinch-hitter

noun

pinch-hit in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of pinch-hit in the US English dictionary
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