go the route

verb

To pitch for an entire game, without a relief pitcher.

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Meanings

verbgo the route (third-person singular simple present goes the route, present participle going the route, simple past went the route, past participle gone the route)

present singular third person goes the route · participle present going the route · past went the route · participle past gone the route

  1. ball gamesTo pitch for an entire game, without a relief pitcher.

    It was like old times: Grove, Earnshaw, and Walberg went the route seven times in the next 13 games.

    2015, Norman L. Macht, The Grand Old Man of Baseball
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APA

go the route. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20the%20route

MLA

“go the route.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20the%20route. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go the route,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20the%20route.

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