PITCH INTO Definition & Meaning

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pitch into

verb

to assail physically or verbally
to get on with doing (something)

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Idioms and Phrases

Attack, assault, either physically or verbally. For example, Aunt Sally pitched into Uncle Rob when he forgot to go to the bank . [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]

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Miller didn’t appear in a game after being hit by a line drive 11 pitches into his first appearance.

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It says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer could be pitched into a bitter fight with his party, with changes likely to anger Labour's base.

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So, for the first time since 2018, he kept pitching into a third separate inning.

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On the night after Jack Flaherty pitched into the sixth inning, Yamamoto pitched into the seventh.

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Yamamoto had thrown only 63 pitches, but Roberts was mindful that he hadn’t pitched into the sixth inning since he blanked the New York Yankees over seven innings on June 7.

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