in there pitching

Idioms  

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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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2017

“That’s just how it goes. We trust everybody in the bullpen, but when the game is on the line, I think you’re going to see Andrew Miller in there pitching most of the time.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 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

And as long as such scatter-brains as Mrs. Jesser and Mr. Balfour were in there pitching, no one would ever penetrate to the actual core of the Society.

From Psichopath by Garrett, Randall