in the dirt
idiom
baseball, of a pitch
: having hit the ground near home plate before reaching the catcher
He swung and missed at a curveball in the dirt.
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And like some other tubers (think potatoes), small pieces of lesser celandine left in the dirt can grow into entirely new plants come spring.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
The walk takes campers past a side turn to a group site uphill past a roadside water spigot, after which a fork in the dirt road gives campers an option to head right to the East Bay sites or farther forward to the Sunrise sites.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
His momentum carried him directly into the wall as his left foot planted in the dirt.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
So being outdoors was easy for me, always in a swimming pool, always at the ocean, always in the mountains, , always playing in the dirt.
—Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2025
The walk takes campers past a side turn to a group site uphill past a roadside water spigot, after which a fork in the dirt road gives campers an option to head right to the East Bay sites or farther forward to the Sunrise sites.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
His momentum carried him directly into the wall as his left foot planted in the dirt.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
So being outdoors was easy for me, always in a swimming pool, always at the ocean, always in the mountains, , always playing in the dirt.
—Outside Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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“In the dirt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20dirt. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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