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pitch around
vb. (context transitive baseball English) To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him
Usage examples of "pitch around".
As they removed a protective panel, exposing circuitry and delicate processor cubes, the unearthly howling rose in pitch around them.
Yet the sound of hoofs - Karsa swung forward again, to see six riders pitch around the bend.
It was not surprising that the librarians worked at fever pitch around the clock.