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(baseball) A swing in which a batter starts to swing for a ball but stops the swing shortly before the ball reaches home plate..
Use check-swing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Check-swing means (baseball) A swing in which a batter starts to swing for a ball but stops the swing shortly before the ball reaches home plate..
Common synonyms include swinging bunt.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use check-swing where its definition matches the intended context.
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