wear one

wear one
 v. phr.— «They expected someone to “wear one”—baseball parlance for getting plunked—after their pitchers hit seven Dodgers batters in their previous series, but took exemption to the 24-year-old’s timing.» —“Rockies take hit in more than L column” by Troy E. Renck in L.A. Denver Post (Colo.) May 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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