pitch
noun (PERSUASION) /pɪtʃ/Definition
› [C] a speech or act that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something: The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability. She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it. [+ to infinitive] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to act › [C] UK a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods or performs: The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.Environments and localities
(Definition of pitch noun (PERSUASION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- brainwash verb
- charm verb
- coax verb
- exhort verb
- get (sth) through (to sb) phrasal verb
- get round sb phrasal verb
- incite verb
- lobby verb
- persuasive adjective
- pitch verb (PERSUADE)
- preach to the converted idiom
- preach verb (PERSUADE)
- pressurize verb
- rope sb in phrasal verb
- snow job noun
- spiel noun
- sweet talk noun
- talk sb down phrasal verb (PERSUADE)
- talk sb out of sth phrasal verb
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