seventh-inning stretch

[ sev-uhnth-in-ing, -in- ]

noun

1. 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.
2. any point or period of pause, rest, reconsideration, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of seventh-inning stretch¹

First recorded in 1955–60