on deck

English

Prepositional phrase

on deck

1. On the deck of a ship, especially of a captain or officer; in charge.
2. (baseball) Being the batter who will be up next, typically when that player is waiting on the field.

   Jones is the on-deck batter.

Translations

on the deck of a ship

• French: sur le pont (fr)
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Anagrams

• conked, nocked