单词 | to go the route |
释义 | > as lemmasto go the route P2. Chiefly U.S. (originally regional). to go the route: (a) Horse Racing (of a horse) to hold out until the end of a race; (b) (more generally) to go the distance; to go all the way; (c) Baseball to pitch for an entire game. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > pitch to go the route1875 screwball1933 the world > action or operation > continuing > following up, through, or prosecution > follow up, out, or through [verb (intransitive)] > to the end to tug it outa1641 to go all the way1799 to go the route1926 1875 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Nov. 3/5 The dam of Fannie Hall being by Belmont is a pretty good guarantee that she will go the route, with a brush left at the finish. 1899 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 11 Dec. 8/3 Hudson is considered in line for the lightweight championship and..he went the route, 20 rounds, with Jack Daly..recently. 1913 Chicago Record-Herald 16 Mar. viii. 1/5 This was the first complete battle Cicotte has pitched, and he was watched closely to see if he could go the route. 1918 Chicago Sunday Tribune 9 June 25/1 She had undertaken to ‘go the route in this piano thing’. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xvi. 230 If a Chinese doesn't like you he will keep away from you; if he does like you he will go the route. 1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service iv. 45 She made love with the fervour and expertness of a girl who, in the American phrase, had ‘gone the route’. 1974 Index-Jrnl. (Greenwood, S. Carolina) 18 Apr. 11/3 Steve Rogers went the route, giving up six hits. 1990 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 5 May e8 My choice is Thirty Six Red, the winner of the Wood Memorial, who has shown that he can carry the weight and go the route. 1997 B. Geoffrion & S. Fischler Boom Boom vii. 90 The odds makers..established us as two and a half to one favourites to go the route. < as lemmas |
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