"ninth-inning" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In baseball, the ninth inning is the last period of the game.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ninth-inning",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ninth-inning",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ninth-inning (comparative more ninth-inning, superlative most ninth-inning)",
      "name": "en-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Baseball",
          "orig": "en:Baseball",
          "parents": [
            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game."
      ],
      "id": "en-ninth-inning-en-adj-CkKBnOqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1921. Kenneth D. Cassidy, \"Teaching Truck Salesmanship\", Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record.\nThe result has been that some truck manufacturers already have gone into bankruptcy, while many are making a ninth-inning attempt at re-organization in a desperate attempt to ward off failure."
        },
        {
          "text": "2011, November 11. Krystal Peak, \"Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy\", Vator News.\nBut we can chalk a lot of this ninth-inning scramble to the fact that Zynga issued 33 million in new stock for the 2010, which was just too much to offer out so early in the game."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour."
      ],
      "id": "en-ninth-inning-en-adj-u6VR3sMU",
      "links": [
        [
          "eleventh-hour",
          "eleventh-hour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ninth-inning"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In baseball, the ninth inning is the last period of the game.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ninth-inning",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most ninth-inning",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ninth-inning (comparative more ninth-inning, superlative most ninth-inning)",
      "name": "en-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Baseball"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baseball) Happening in the ninth inning of a baseball game."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1921. Kenneth D. Cassidy, \"Teaching Truck Salesmanship\", Michigan Manufacturer & Financial Record.\nThe result has been that some truck manufacturers already have gone into bankruptcy, while many are making a ninth-inning attempt at re-organization in a desperate attempt to ward off failure."
        },
        {
          "text": "2011, November 11. Krystal Peak, \"Zynga wants stock back, calls company meritocracy\", Vator News.\nBut we can chalk a lot of this ninth-inning scramble to the fact that Zynga issued 33 million in new stock for the 2010, which was just too much to offer out so early in the game."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eleventh-hour",
          "eleventh-hour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Happening as late as possible, eleventh-hour."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ninth-inning"
}