pinch-hit

(American)

to do something for someone because they are suddenly unable to do it (often + for ) He was pinch-hitting for one of the regular TV sportscasters, and was a great success.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Faith	FAYTH	English
Dobson	['dɔbsn]
Estelle	es-TEL	English, French
Faustinus	-	Ancient Roman
Adelajda	ah-de-LIE-dah	Polish
Nalini	-	Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi