to pinch-hit
8
7.6
To do another person's work for a short time when they cannot
- phrasal verb
- /ˈpɪnʧ hɪt/
- US
:
sustituir temporalmente
- I had to pinch-hit for my colleague at the meeting when he got stuck in traffic.
- pinch-hit homer
- pinch-hit single
- pinch-hit RBI
Examples
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Fred Shweir will be pinch hitting for Bobby Brown, Okay.
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All right, somebody's gonna have to pinch-hit for Andy.
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One of you guys gotta pinch-hit for Kaiser.
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Well, I guess you'll have to pinch-hit for him.
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Look, they're pinch-hitting for him.
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She asked me to pinch-hit.
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Look, Julia, he suggested that I, uh... pinch-hit for him, if that's... okay with you.
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I'm pinch-hitting for him.
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Ladies and gentlemen, now pinch-hitting for the Devils, Kurt "The Crush" Bunyon.
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He's gonna pinch-hit.
How Involved
to take over
862
3.1
862
3.1
to fill in
100
3.3
100
3.3
to pinch-hit
8
7.6
- US
8
7.6
to stand in
115
3.5
115
3.5
to step in
240
3.2
240
3.2
Surface Forms
pinch-hit infinitive
pinch-hit past
pinch-hit past participle
pinch-hitting present participle
pinch-hits third person singular
Morphology
Etymology
Pinch-hit comes from baseball, where a player called a pinch hitter goes in to hit when the team is in a pinch 'a tight spot'. So, to pinch-hit means to step in and substitute for someone for a short time.