Thesaurus results for PINCH-HIT

pinch-hit

verb

ˈpinch-ˈhit

as in to substitute

to serve as a replacement usually for a time only assigned to pinch-hit as a math teacher for the remainder of the semester

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Recent Examples of pinch-hit Miami likely will look for a cheap right-handed-hitting outfielder to replace the right-handed hitting Myers and compete for a backup outfield and pinch-hitting job in spring training. —

Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025 This is Amanda Gerut, Fortune’s West Coast news editor, pinch-hitting for my colleague Allie Garfinkle. —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025 Chapman struck out and Wilmer Flores, pinch-hitting for Bryce Eldridge, struck out too. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025 Wagner, who had pinch-hit for Manny Machado in the eighth inning, was going to play third but moved over to play second base while Jose Iglesias came in to play third after Arraez was hurt. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pinch-hit

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinch-hit

substitute

Verb

One way to do both is to occasionally substitute tofu, a nutritious curd made from mashed soybeans, for meat in your weekly menu.

— Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
The court found the authority had exceeded its authority by substituting its view of the public interest for that of the state Legislature.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026