swing by, pitch, ride-hailing, for one thing

Ride-hailing firm Grab pulls gory Indonesia ad

Bangkok Post‎ - 14 hours ago

JAKARTA - Ride-hailing startup Grab has withdrawn an advertisement in Indonesia after the ...

MIT Technology Review

Apple’s interest in the automotive industry is one of the worst kept secrets in tech.

If Apple really does want to buy a British supercar company, it’s not the worst idea ever

It’s not another ride-hailing business, for one thing.

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我很高興今天下午能在AIT接待嘉義市長涂醒哲。他聽說了我對於美國國民運動棒球的熱愛，特別帶來了紀念嘉農棒球隊的迷你版雕像。我們都覺得下次我可以到嘉義去走一走，瞭解一下嘉義深厚的棒球歷史，應該很有意思。謝謝涂市長順道來訪（swing by），還向我推銷了（pitch）到嘉義來趟輕旅行的點子！--- 梅健華。#FromAITDirector

（註：因為梅處長非常喜歡棒球，在這裡特別想跟大家介紹兩個跟棒球有關的字彙，「swing by」的「swing」在棒球裡是揮棒的意思，而「pitch」在棒球裡是投球的意思。）

I was very pleased to host Chiayi Mayor Twu Shiing-jer at AIT this afternoon. He knew about my passion for the great American pastime – baseball, so he presented to me a replica statuette commemorating Chiayi’s famous Kano baseball team. We agreed that it would be fun for me to visit Chiayi’s baseball museum in the future. Thanks Mayor Twu for “swinging” by AIT and “pitching” the idea of a trip to Chiayi…km

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In public transport in the United Kingdom and Australia, hail and ride is boarding or alighting a mode of public transport by signalling the driver or conductor that ...

for one thing

phrase of thing

1. 1.

   used to introduce one of two or more possible reasons for something, the remainder of which may or may not be stated.

   "Why hadn't he arranged to see her at the house? For one thing, it would have been warmer"

swing by
what is swing by/past (somewhere): to briefly go somewhere, esp. on your way to another place

a change in the flight path of a spacecraft using the gravitational pull of a celestial body.

pitch noun (PERSUASION)

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[ C ] a speech or act that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:

The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.

She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.

[ + to infinitive ] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.

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[ C ] uk a place in a public area where a person regularly sells goods orperforms:

The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.