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pitch around

pitch around verb: to intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him.

Verb

pitch around (third-person singular simple present pitches around, present participle pitching around, simple past and past participle pitched around)

  1. (transitive) To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him
    • Jones pitched around the slugger.

Forms of pitch around

third-person singular presentpitches around
present participlepitching around
past participlepitched around
pastpitched around

Questions about pitch around

What does pitch around mean?
Pitch around means to intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him.
What part of speech is pitch around?
Pitch around is a verb.
What is the past tense of pitch around?
The past tense of pitch around is pitched around.

Words near pitch around in the dictionary

  1. pitch and pay
  2. pitch and putt
  3. pitch and toss
  4. pitch apple
  5. pitch apples
  6. pitch around
  7. pitch bible
  8. pitch black
  9. pitch blackness
  10. pitch camp
  11. pitch class

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