retire the side

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retire the side (third-person singular simple present retires the side, present participle retiring the side, simple past and past participle retired the side)

  1. (baseball) To get the third out of an inning, thus ending the turn of one team (side) for batting and signaling the next turn of the other team (side).
    Hyponym: strike out the side
    […] and that will retire the side [sportscaster patter]
    Jones steps on first to retire the side.
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