pitch on

British

verb

(intr, preposition) to determine or decide

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pitch on Idioms

Also, pitch upon. Choose, decide on, as in He pitched on the ideal solution. This idiom uses pitch in the sense of “arrange or set something in order.” [Early 1600s]

Example Sentences

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England, who are already through to the semi-finals, will wait for another look at the pitch on Friday before naming their XI.

From BBC

Captain Ben Stokes says people would raise "hell" if the Melbourne pitch on which his England team beat Australia inside two days had been produced in another part of the world.

From BBC

Meanwhile, the Perth pitch on which the first Test was played has been rated as "very good" by the International Cricket Council.

From BBC

On Wednesday, the West Australian newspaper carried a picture of the Perth pitch on its front page, calling it a "green monster".

From BBC

In the 1980s Zapp had a string of gold albums with front man Roger Troutman using the voice box technology to make his voice sound futuristic, and in the 1990s AutoTune went from being a tool producers use to fine-tune a singer’s pitch on a recording to being the featured sound on a recording.

From Los Angeles Times

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