Collocations for pitch - noun
1. (BrE) sports field
→ See also field
PREPOSITION
off the pitch
The players have just come off the pitch.
Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch.
The players have just come off the pitch.
Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch.
on a/the pitch
He was the best player on the pitch today.
He was the best player on the pitch today.
2. strength of feeling
ADJECTIVE
fever,
high
(esp. BrE)
Excitement rose to fever pitch the day before the game.
Excitement rose to a fever pitch the day before the game. (AmE)
Excitement rose to fever pitch the day before the game.
Excitement rose to a fever pitch the day before the game. (AmE)
3. of a musical note
4. talk/proposal
VERB + pitch
deliver,
do (informal),
give,
make
a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives
Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients.
a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives
Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients.
PREPOSITION
pitch for
The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business.
The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business.
pitch to
Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client.
His pitch to the business community was based on common sense.
Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client.
His pitch to the business community was based on common sense.
5. in baseball
Pitch is used before these nouns:
black, dark, darkness
black, dark, darkness
Pitch is used after these nouns:
cricket, football, hockey, rugby, sale, soccer, training
cricket, football, hockey, rugby, sale, soccer, training