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in there pitching

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  1. Exerting one's best effort, trying actively. For example, After the flood, everyone was in there pitching to clean up the streets. This metaphor alludes to the pitcher's important role in baseball. [Colloquial; c. 1940]


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Say hello to Frank + stay in there pitching, fellows.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2017

The fact that the Mariners are still in there pitching is a great sign for those who choose optimism, cautious or otherwise.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2017

But we’re in there pitching and hopefully we do a good job.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2015

There were times where we had 12 or 14 people in there pitching an idea that would work with the story line.

From Newsweek

His languages were evidently Spanish, English and French but he was in there pitching with a language the full vocabulary of which consisted of Da and Neit so far as he was concerned.

From Combat by Reynolds, Mack

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