seventh-inning stretch
[ sev-uhnth-in-ing, -in- ]
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.
Origin of seventh-inning stretch
1First recorded in 1955–60
Words Nearby seventh-inning stretch
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