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spring training

noun

a program of physical exercise, practice, and exhibition games followed by a baseball team in the late winter and early spring, before the start of the regular season.
the period during which such a program takes place, usually from the beginning of March until the middle of April.

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Nearby words

  1. spring onion,
  2. spring peeper,
  3. spring roll,
  4. spring snow,
  5. spring tide,
  6. spring valley,
  7. spring vetch,
  8. spring-clean,
  9. spring-cleaning,
  10. spring-loaded

Origin of spring training

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
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