seventh-inning stretch

[ sev-uh nth-in-ing, -in- ]
/ ˈsɛv ənθˌɪn ɪŋ, -ˈɪn- /

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 heaven, seventh-day, seventh-day adventist, seventh-day adventists, seventh-inning stretch, seventieth, seventy, seventy-eight, seventy-eighth, seventy-fifth
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