seventh-inning stretch
[ sev-uh nth-in-ing, -in- ]
/ ˈsɛv ənθˌɪn ɪŋ, -ˈɪn- /
noun
Baseball.
a point in the game when spectators rise from their seats to relax by stretching their legs, usually after six and one-half innings.
any point or period of pause, rest, reconsideration, or the like.
Origin of seventh-inning stretch
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby seventh-inning stretch
seventh cranial nerve,
seventh heaven,
seventh-day,
seventh-day adventist,
seventh-day adventists,
seventh-inning stretch,
seventieth,
seventy,
seventy-eight,
seventy-eighth,
seventy-fifth