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pinch hits

pinch hits is the plural of pinch hit.

pinch hits is the alternative spelling of pinch-hits.

Meaning of pinch hit

Noun

pinch hit (plural pinch hits)

  1. A hit made by a pinch hitter.
    • Jones drove in a run with a pinch hit for Smith in the sixth.

Questions about pinch hits

What is pinch hits the plural of?
Pinch hits is the plural of pinch hit.

Words near pinch hits in the dictionary

  1. pinch effects
  2. pinch force
  3. pinch forces
  4. pinch grafting
  5. pinch hit
  6. pinch hits
  7. pinch hitter
  8. pinch hitters
  9. pinch mode
  10. pinch modes
  11. pinch of salt

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