Thesaurus results for PINCH-HIT

pinch-hit

verb

ˈpinch-ˈhit

as in to substitute

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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Recent Examples of pinch-hit Light-hitting catcher Austin Hedges, in the game because Vogt had pinch-hit for Bo Naylor an inning earlier, promptly struck out. —

Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 Lux was not in the lineup for Game 2 but was available to pinch-hit. —

Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024 Heyward was reduced to a pinch-hitting role when Mookie Betts moved from shortstop back to right field upon returning from a left-hand fracture on Aug. 12. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2024 His hitters, of course, deserve the lion’s share of the credit for Baltimore being baseball’s best pinch-hitting team, and Hyde’s decisions haven’t always worked this year — with Tuesday a prime example. —

Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pinch-hit