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late innings

late innings noun: the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.

Noun

late innings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.
    • He is at his best in the late innings.

Questions about late innings

What does late innings mean?
Late innings means the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.
What part of speech is late innings?
Late innings is a noun.

Words near late innings in the dictionary

  1. Late Greek
  2. late harvest
  3. Late Heavy Bombardment
  4. late in the day
  5. late in the game
  6. late innings
  7. late lamented
  8. late lamenteds
  9. Late Latin
  10. Late Middle Ages
  11. Late Middle Egyptian

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