clutch hitter
Baseball
noun
A hitter who can be relied upon at critical moments in a game.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Odessa (Texas) America.
- close-run
- close season
- close-set
- close shave
- close something out
- close-stool
- closet
- closet case
- closet drama
- closeted
- close the books
- close the door on (or to)
- close to home
- close to one's heart
- close to (or close on)
- close to (or near) the bone
- close to the bone
- closet play
- close up
- close up
- close with
- closing credits
- closing date
- closing order
- closing price