pinch-hit for

pinch-hit for someone

1. Fig. to bat for someone else in a baseball game. Wally Wilson will pinch-hit for Gary Franklin. Rodney Jones is pinch-hitting for Babe DiMaggio.

2. Fig. to substitute for someone in any situation. Bart will pinch-hit for Fred, who is at another meeting today. Who will pinch-hit for me while I am on vacation?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sabas	SAH-bahs (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Greek
Anett	AW-net	Hungarian
Rodge	RAHJ	English
Ingram	['iŋgrəm]
Laura	LAWR-ə (English), LOW-rah (Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch), LAW-oo-raw (Hungarian)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Croa
Alonzo	[ə'lɔnzəu]