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⚾ A wide throw 🏈 A sideways toss ➡️ To throw outward
to pitch-out

to pitch-out

7.0
To throw the ball outside the strike zone to stop a runner from stealing or sideways to a teammate
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈpɪtʃ aʊt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : lanzar fuera

Examples

  • Four at a time would come over, and then one would pitch out to the side, and the others would follow it into a giant circle of violence.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Crawford was just as good in the field, making a diving stop to keep Lincecum from pitching out of the stretch in the seventh.

    Blog text (12)

  • When the game was 1-0 and 1-1 and he pitched out of jams in the 4th and 5th, I thought how a month or two ago he would have unraveled and given up a big number.

    Blog text (12)

  • Everybody has heard the apocryphal stories of him getting pitched out of minor league games, but suffice it to say, on the mound he's not a typical Giants cuddly animal.

    Blog text (12)

  • The pitcher decided to pitch out to prevent the runner from stealing second base.

  • During the crucial play, the quarterback pitched out to the running back, who sprinted down the sideline.

  • To avoid a stolen base, the catcher signaled for the pitcher to pitch out to the side.

Synonyms

to pitch
vsto pitch-out
163 2.3

To throw a card in a card game to help decide the trump suit

is a deliberate outward throw to stop a steal or serve as a lateral
to deliver
vsto pitch-out
  • Jargon
15 5.6

To throw the ball to a batter in baseball

is an outward throw meant to stop a steal rather than toward the batter

How Hard

to hurl
53 3.6
to throw
∞ 1.0
to pitch-out
  • Jargon
7.0
to toss
348 1.0
tap
66 1.0

Surface Forms

pitch-out infinitive
pitching-out present participle
pitched-out past
pitched-out past participle

Morphology

pitch-out = pitch (transparent) = out + pitch

The verb is a direct phrasal combination of 'pitch' + 'out' meaning to throw/toss outward, so the derivation is clear. [Postprocessing: moved 'out' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Pitch-out is formed from pitch ('to throw') and out ('away' or 'outside'), and as a verb it means to throw or toss the ball outward on purpose. So to pitch-out is simply to make that outward throw, whether to stop a steal in baseball or to pass to a running back in football.