in the dirt
idiom
baseball, of a pitch
: having hit the ground near home plate before reaching the catcher
He swung and missed at a curveball in the dirt.
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Meanwhile, people who were sitting under the tree crawled desperately in the dirt, trying to get away.
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
Breeze lives in the extremes: among the worms in the dirt, amidst the rainbows in the sky.
—Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 9 July 2024
For months during 2022, Granbury residents Nick and Virginia Browning sat in their front yard watching the new metal boxes of the massive facility be installed in the dirt across the road.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
Chickens have their own coop but are usually busy roaming the grounds, scratching in the dirt beneath old Packards and flatbed Fords.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
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Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
Breeze lives in the extremes: among the worms in the dirt, amidst the rainbows in the sky.
—Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 9 July 2024
For months during 2022, Granbury residents Nick and Virginia Browning sat in their front yard watching the new metal boxes of the massive facility be installed in the dirt across the road.
—By Andrew R Chow/granbury, Texas, TIME, 8 July 2024
Chickens have their own coop but are usually busy roaming the grounds, scratching in the dirt beneath old Packards and flatbed Fords.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2024
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“In the dirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20dirt. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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