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line drive

noun

baseball : a ball that is hit by the batter and goes in a nearly straight line not far above the ground

Full Definition of LINE DRIVE

:  a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground
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First Known Use of LINE DRIVE

1903

Rhymes with LINE DRIVE

alive, archive, Argive, arrive, back dive, beehive, connive, contrive, crash-dive, deprive, derive, disk drive, endive, hard drive, high five, high-five, nosedive, ogive, revive, self-drive, skin-dive, skydive, survive, swan dive, take five, test-drive

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