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— E.E. Cummings

It is said that if the dead who died in the Great

War were placed head to feet, they would stretch

from New York to San Francisco, and from San

Francisco back again to New York; and if those

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Dictionary Entry

base hit

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈbeɪs hɪt/

A successful hit in which the batter safely reaches base

In a Sentence

“The batter’s base hit put the runner on first base.”

Origin

Early 20th‑century American baseball term describing a hit that allows the batter to reach base safely.

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Synonyms

singlesafe hithitinfield hitgrounder

Antonyms

strikeoutoutflyoutgroundout

Related Words

binglesafetysafe hitsingleextra base hiton-base percentagescratch hithit batsman

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