pinch hitter
pinch hitter
nounDefinition of PINCH HITTER
: one that pinch-hits
Examples of PINCH HITTER
- <the business owners brought in a pinch hitter until a permanent manager could be hired>
First Known Use of PINCH HITTER
1912
Related to PINCH HITTER
Synonyms: backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, substitute, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub
Related Words: alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder
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