"take a pitch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes a pitch [present, singular, third-person], taking a pitch [participle, present], took a pitch [past], taken a pitch [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a pitch}} take a pitch (third-person singular simple present takes a pitch, present participle taking a pitch, simple past took a pitch, past participle taken a pitch)
  1. (baseball) To refrain from swinging at a pitch. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-take_a_pitch-en-verb-8zeU3NE9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for take a pitch meaning in English (1.2kB)

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