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line drive noun[ C ] uk /ˌlaɪn ˈdraɪv/ us /ˌlaɪn ˈdraɪv/ in sports such as baseball, an occasion when the ball is hit hard and stays level with the ground for a long time: He hit a line drive into the outfield. The pitcher was hit on the wrist by a line drive. He hit a stinging line drive straight into the glove of the third baseman. She sprinted to her left to catch a line drive. He just hit three of the hardest line drives I have ever seen. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb curve heater hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide sac spitter split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher swing |