pinch-hit

(American)

to do something for someone because they are suddenly unable to do it (often + for ) He was pinch-hitting for one of the regular TV sportscasters, and was a great success.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ĐỨC	-	Vietnamese
Finn	[fin]
Madalyn	MAD-ə-lin	English
Delara	-	Persian
Wilhelmina	vil-hel-MEE-nah (Dutch)	Dutch, German, Polish, English
PaulÍNa	-	Slovak