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coming to bat

coming to bat is the present participle and gerund of come to bat.

Meaning of come to bat

Verb

come to bat (third-person singular simple present comes to bat, present participle coming to bat, simple past came to bat, past participle come to bat)

  1. To have one's turn at bat.
    • In that case, the player who was called out for failure to come to bat properly is charged with having been put out, and whatever happened that resulted in the improper batter being put out goes into the scoring box of the batter who failed to bat in proper turn.2015, Andres Wirkmaa, The Complete Baseball Scorekeeping Handbook, →ISBN
  2. To argue in defense of.
    • Unfortunately, if anybody above [the manager] or around her cared, they didn't come to bat for me.2012, Leslie Neal-Boylan, Nurses With Disabilities: Professional Issues and Job Retention, →ISBN

Questions about coming to bat

What is coming to bat the present participle and gerund of?
Coming to bat is the present participle and gerund of come to bat.

Words near coming to bat in the dictionary

  1. coming to a head
  2. coming to a sticky end
  3. coming to a stop
  4. coming to an end
  5. coming to anchor
  6. coming to bat
  7. coming to be
  8. coming to bed
  9. coming to blows
  10. coming to fruition
  11. coming to grief

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