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pinch-hitting

pinch-hitting is the present participle and gerund of pinch-hit.

Meaning of pinch-hit

Verb

pinch-hit (third-person singular simple present pinch-hits, present participle pinch-hitting, simple past and past participle pinch-hit)

  1. (intransitive) To bat in place of another player
    • Jones pinch-hit for Smith in the sixth.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To do something in the place of another person who is not able to perform or is less skilled; to substitute or stand in for somebody.
    • Jones pinch-hit for Smith during today's presentation.

Questions about pinch-hitting

What is pinch-hitting the present participle and gerund of?
Pinch-hitting is the present participle and gerund of pinch-hit.

Words near pinch-hitting in the dictionary

  1. pinch-guts
  2. pinch-hit
  3. pinch-hits
  4. pinch-hitter
  5. pinch-hitters
  6. pinch-hitting
  7. pinch-me moment
  8. pinch-me-round
  9. pinch-me-rounds
  10. pinch-nose glasses
  11. pinch-out

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