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Englishsales pitch
Meaning: A speech or presentation designed to persuade someone to buy or do something.
Example: “The waiter's description of the dessert sounded like a sales pitch.”
Origin: A "pitch" was the spot where a street trader set up and delivered a spiel to passersby, and then the spiel itself. "Sales pitch" is American from the mid-20th century.
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