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seventh-inning stretch
[ sev-uhnth-in-ing, -in- ]
/ ˈsɛv ənθˌɪn ɪŋ, -ˈɪn- /
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noun
Baseball. a point in the game when spectators rise from their seats to relax by stretching their legs, usually after six and one-half innings.
any point or period of pause, rest, reconsideration, or the like.
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Origin of seventh-inning stretch
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby seventh-inning stretch
seventh cranial nerve, Seventh-Day, Seventh-Day Adventist, Seventh-Day Adventists, seventh heaven, seventh-inning stretch, seventieth, seventy, seventy-eight, seventy-eighth, seventy-fifth
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