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- noun In
baseball , the second part of the ninth and finalinning . The end of the game. - noun idiomatic By extension, any last chance or final
opportunity .
Etymologies
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Bottom, from the home team's location below visitors on the scoreboard; ninth from the number of innings in a baseball game.
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