| 单词 | to clear the bases |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto clear (also clean, empty) the bases a. to clear (also clean, empty) the bases: (of a batter) to make a hit (usually a home run) on which all the runners on base score. ΚΠ 1867 N.-Y. Tribune 17 Sept. 8/1 Mills, on a..low hit to right, emptied the bases. 1870 Putnam's Mag. Mar. 301/2 Swandell's hit to centre field cleared the bases. 1876 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 15 June 3/5 On Clapp's hit to short a double play cleaned the bases. 1911 R. H. Barbour For Yardley xvii. 200 Wheelock cleaned the bases with a long drive over left fielder's head. 1945 Chicago Sun 11 Oct. 19/6 This left the bases filled, and Richards quietly cleared them with a double. 1994 H. C. Sisson in H. C. Sisson & D. W. Rowe Coots, Codgers & Curmudgeons 47 The batter swang the old eggbeater for an out of park homer, four runs scored and the bases were cleared. < as lemmas |
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