as in to substitute
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only
assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester
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Who better to pinch-hit than former U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Vice President of the United States and 1984 Democratic nominee for president Walter Mondale?
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John Phillips, Orange County Register, 27 Nov. 2024
Morse was battling an oblique injury that reduced him to pinch-hitting duties and Neshek had held right-handed hitters to a .176 average with two home runs all season.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Noel, perhaps the most anonymous of Cleveland’s unsung personnel, stepped up to pinch-hit.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Light-hitting catcher Austin Hedges, in the game because Vogt had pinch-hit for Bo Naylor an inning earlier, promptly struck out.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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John Phillips, Orange County Register, 27 Nov. 2024
Morse was battling an oblique injury that reduced him to pinch-hitting duties and Neshek had held right-handed hitters to a .176 average with two home runs all season.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024
Noel, perhaps the most anonymous of Cleveland’s unsung personnel, stepped up to pinch-hit.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
Light-hitting catcher Austin Hedges, in the game because Vogt had pinch-hit for Bo Naylor an inning earlier, promptly struck out.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Pinch-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinch-hit. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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