in the dirt

idiom

baseball, of a pitch

: having hit the ground near home plate before reaching the catcher

He swung and missed at a curveball in the dirt.

Examples of in the dirt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kristina Cooke and Ted Hesson, REUTERS Detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week: S-O-S. With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men formed the letters in the dirt yard of the facility on April 28. —USA Today, 1 May 2025

Detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week: S-O-S. With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men formed the letters in the dirt yard of the facility on Monday. —Reuters, NBC news, 1 May 2025

Athletics second baseman Luis Urias hit a ground ball to Edwards, who then fired the ball short of Mervis and in the dirt. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025

Catcher Sam Huff failed to block two balls in the dirt, leading to runs. —Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for in the dirt

• controvert
• disconcert
• extrovert
• introvert
• reassert
• undershirt
• alert
• assert
• avert
• dessert
• divert
• evert