PINCH HITTER


Meaning of PINCH HITTER in English

noun

Etymology: pinch (II) + hitter

1. : a player who is sent in to bat in the place of another especially in an emergency

2. : a person who acts or serves in the place of another : substitute

asked to fill in as a pinch hitter — Bernard Kalb

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