Английский словарь американских идиом - pinch-hit
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Pinch-hit
pinch-hit
{v.} 1. To substitute for another player at bat in a baseball game. * /Smith was sent in to pinch-hit for Jones./ 2. {informal} To act for a while, or in an emergency, for another person; take someone's place for a while. * /I asked him to pinch-hit for me while I was away./ * /The president of the City Council pinch-hits for the mayor when the mayor is out of town./ - pinch-hitter {n.} * /Jones was hit by a pitched ball and Smith came in as a pinch-hitter./ * /When our teacher was sick, Mrs. Harris was called as a pinch-hitter./ - pinch-hitting {adj.} or {n.} * /Pinch-hitting for another teacher is a hard job./
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~ v I + for AmE 1 to do something for someone else because they are unexpectedly not able to do it 2 to hit1 (4a) for someone else in baseball (1) - pinch-hitter n (Mark is sick - we're sending Jim as a pinch-hitter.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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