in there pitching
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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Words nearby in there pitching
in the pink, in the pipeline, in the public eye, in the raw, in the red, in there pitching, in the rough, in the round, in the running, in the saddle, in the same boat
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