Vocabulary

pull

降(お)ろす

B2 · Upper-intermediate Common

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb

In baseball context, to be removed from the game.  Normally referring to a pitcher.

野球(やきゅう)のコンテキストでは、ゲームから降(お)ろされること。通常(つうじょう)、投手(とうしゅ)を指(さ)します。

Examples

  1. After 5 innings the manager pulled our best pitcher, and that turned out to be a big mistake.

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