to pinch-hit for sb

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• pinch-hit — pinch hits, pinch hitting, pinch hit also pinch hit 1) VERB If you pinch hit for someone, you do something for them because they are unexpectedly unable to do it. [AM] [V for n] The staff here can pinch hit for each other when the hotel is busy.… …   English dictionary

• pinch-hit — {v.} 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. * /Smith was sent in to pinch hit for Jones./ 2. {informal} To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone s place for a while. * /I asked him to pinch… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pinch-hit — {v.} 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. * /Smith was sent in to pinch hit for Jones./ 2. {informal} To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone s place for a while. * /I asked him to pinch… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pinch-hit — v 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. Smith was sent in to pinch hit for Jones. 2. informal To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone s place for a while. I asked him to pinch hit for me… …   Словарь американских идиом

• pinch-hit — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back formation from pinch hitter intransitive verb 1. : to go to bat in the place of another player especially in an emergency when a hit is particularly needed usually used with for sent up to pinch hit for the pitcher …   Useful english dictionary

• pinch-hit — verb a) To bat in place of another player Jones pinch hit for Smith in the sixth. b) 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… …   Wiktionary

• pinch-hit — v. (AE) (from baseball) (D; intr.) to pinch hit for ( to replace ) * * * [ˌpɪntʃ hɪt] (AE) (from baseball) (D; intr.) to pinch hit for ( to replace ) …   Combinatory dictionary

• pinch hit — noun A hit made by a pinch hitter. Jones drove in a run with a pinch hit for Smith in the sixth …   Wiktionary

• pinch hit — Synonyms and related words: act for, answer for, appear for, back up, change places with, commission, crowd out, cut out, deputize, displace, double for, fill in for, front for, ghost, ghostwrite, pinch hit for, relieve, replace, represent, speak …   Moby Thesaurus

• pinch hit (to) —  Substitute for (baseball).  ► “Many internal support organizations are now moving toward establishing one number for users to call when reporting difficulties. Some organizations have users pinch hit for the help desk.” (Infoworld, Aug. 8, 1994 …   American business jargon

• pinch-hit — pinch′ hit′ v. hit, hit•ting. v.i. 1) spo to substitute at bat for a teammate in baseball, often at a critical moment of a game 2) inf to substitute for someone, esp. in an emergency 3) spo to make (a hit) in pinch hitting • Etymology: 1930–35,… …   From formal English to slang