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.

Origin of seventh-inning stretch

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Words Nearby seventh-inning stretch

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