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double off

double off verb: after a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.

Verb

double off (third-person singular simple present doubles off, present participle doubling off, simple past and past participle doubled off)

  1. (transitive) After a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.
    • The fielder doubled the runner off for the second out.

Forms of double off

third-person singular presentdoubles off
present participledoubling off
past participledoubled off
pastdoubled off

Questions about double off

What does double off mean?
Double off means after a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.
What part of speech is double off?
Double off is a verb.
What is the past tense of double off?
The past tense of double off is doubled off.

Words near double off in the dictionary

  1. double number
  2. double numbers
  3. Double Oak
  4. double obeli
  5. double obelus
  6. double off
  7. double open jaw
  8. double open jaws
  9. double opt-in
  10. double or nothing
  11. double or quits

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