- long\ ball
- nounA baseball hit far enough to be a home run.
The White Sox need a player who can hit the long ball.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
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