pop out

idiom

baseball
: to hit a pop fly that is caught for an out

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The smoldering lava looks gray to the naked eye, but the hot areas pop out in the thermal view. Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Skin tones look natural against the two extremes, and splashes of color like orange pop out. PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025 The stats don’t pop out as the Rapids’ answer at the winger position — one of the club’s major needs this winter — but his work rate off the ball is immediately evident on tape both offensively and defensively. Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 4 Feb. 2025 Not so for Nylander, who seems to pop out for at least one and sometimes more every game. Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pop out

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“Pop out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pop%20out. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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