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.
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On a 3-2 count, the Rangers’ Jack Leiter threw Lee a payoff slider down in the dirt.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
Low-growing shrubs, tall lobelias, and bushy grasses lined our path, and Abdallah pointed to large, hooved footprints in the dirt, which belonged to Cape Buffalo.
—Mary Robnett, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
That main entrance has no adjacent sidewalk, so residents would have to walk in the dirt and, depending on how many cars were nearby, frighteningly close to traffic.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
Cass threw his useless rifle in the dirt and picked up the limp form of the hound.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
Low-growing shrubs, tall lobelias, and bushy grasses lined our path, and Abdallah pointed to large, hooved footprints in the dirt, which belonged to Cape Buffalo.
—Mary Robnett, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
That main entrance has no adjacent sidewalk, so residents would have to walk in the dirt and, depending on how many cars were nearby, frighteningly close to traffic.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2025
Cass threw his useless rifle in the dirt and picked up the limp form of the hound.
—Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
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“In the dirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20dirt. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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