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pitch on

British  

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to determine or decide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pitch on Idioms  
  1. Also, pitch upon. Choose, decide on, as in He pitched on the ideal solution. This idiom uses pitch in the sense of “arrange or set something in order.” [Early 1600s]


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In her final pitch on Thursday, Assistant U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

With the leaders of more than two dozen countries invited to the event, the parade of weapons and tanks was essentially a giant sales pitch on Chinese arms to potential buyers, Mr Neill points out.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

“You pitch on six days’ rest in Japan, but you throw 120, 130 pitches in seven or eight innings.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

In fact, Yamamoto said that if the team asks, he thinks he could pitch on four days’ rest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Sometimes those guys try to lay a sales pitch on you, just like the Kings.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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