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hit one out of the ballpark en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To produce a spectacular achievement.
    • The Canada Institute, part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, has hit one out of the ballpark with its Montreal fundraiser. 2007 September 18, Patricia Best, “Elite dig deep for tribute dinner”, in Globe and Mail, Toronto, retrieved 29 Jun 2008:

Forms

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hitting one out of the ballpark Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit one out of the ball park alternative lexicographic
hit one out of the ballpark Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hit one out of the ballpark Tense=Past lexicographic
knock one out of the ball park alternative lexicographic
hits one out of the ballpark Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
knock one out of the ballpark alternative lexicographic
hit one out of the park alternative lexicographic
knock the ball out of the park alternative lexicographic

Relateds

swing for the fences · in the ballpark