pinch-hit
verb /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/
/ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pinch-hit | /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ |
| he / she / it pinch-hits | /ˈpɪntʃ hɪts/ /ˈpɪntʃ hɪts/ |
| past simple pinch-hit | /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ |
| past participle pinch-hit | /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ /ˈpɪntʃ hɪt/ |
| -ing form pinch-hitting | /ˈpɪntʃ hɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpɪntʃ hɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (in baseball) to hit the ball for another playerTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
- [intransitive] pinch-hit (for somebody) (North American English, informal) to do something for somebody else who is suddenly unable to do it