also pinch hit
( pinch-hits, pinch-hitting, pinch-hit)
1.
If you pinch-hit for someone, you do something for them because they are unexpectedly unable to do it. ( AM )
The staff here can pinch hit for each other when the hotel is busy.
VERB : V for n
2.
In a game of baseball, if you pinch-hit for another player, you hit the ball instead of them. ( AM )
Davalillo goes up to pinch-hit.
VERB : V
• pinch-hitter
(pinch-hitters)
Pinch-hitter Francisco Cabrera lashed a single to left field.
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