back up »
For the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.
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carry a tune »
To produce music, especially to sing, with accurate pitch.
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center field »
The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.
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curveball »
A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve".
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knock out of the box »
To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
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left field »
The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.
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little pitcher »
A child.
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little pitchers have big ears »
Small children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).
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little pitchers have long ears »
Alternative form of little pitchers have big ears.
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pitch a tent »
To have an erection that shows through the trousers.
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pitch in »
To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's part.
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pitch woo »
To court.
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pitch woo »
To flatter.
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pitch woo »
To make love.
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pitched battle »
A hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat.
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