late inning
Baseball
noun
1(Frequently in plural) any one of the innings towards the end of a game, especially the seventh or a later inning; also attributive, as late inning home run, late inning rally, etc.
2 Figurative the closing stages of a process; the last minute.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Arizona Weekly Citizen (Tucson).
- have something in common
- have something off (or down) pat
- have something on good authority
- have something on one's side (or something is on one's side)
- have something (or nothing) to show for
- have something out
- have something to burn
- have something to offer
- have something to one's credit
- have something to say for oneself
- have stars in one's eyes
- have steam coming out of one's ears
- have swallowed a dictionary
- have the advantage of
- have the better of
- have the courage of one's convictions
- have the drop on
- have the face to do something
- have the goodness to do something
- have the heart to do something
- have the hots for
- have the last laugh
- have the legs of
- have the neck to do something
- have the pleasure of something (or of doing something)