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dust off the batter
dust off the batter
In baseball, to throw a pitch at or very close to the body of the batter. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Don't be afraid to dust off the batter a bit if he's crowding the plate.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Fredrika | | fred-REE-kah (Swedish), FRED-ree-kah (Finnish) | Swedish, Finnish |
| Vinh | | - | Vietnamese |
| Stoja | | - | Croatian |
| Suchart | | - | Thai |
| Alf (3) | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| George | | [dʒɔ:dʒ] | |