sales pitch

sales pitch

The argument or information one presents in order to persuade someone to buy something. I hate coming into these electronics stores. Every person I ask for help has some sales pitch lined up for me. Save me the sales pitch—I'm not interested in buying this car.
See also: pitch, sale
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sales pitch

A line of talk that attempts to persuade someone of something, as in Let's hear your latest sales pitch for energy conservation. This term uses the noun pitch in the sense of "a talk," or more literally, a throwing of words at one. [Slang; late 1800s]
See also: pitch, sale
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • hate (someone or something) like sin
  • hate like sin
  • like giving a donkey strawberries
  • like giving strawberries to a donkey
  • reflection
  • sad
  • a (kind of) reflection on (someone or something)
  • a sad, poor, etc. reflection on something
  • thrill (one) with (something)
  • thrill with
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You need to get an audience with the boss of the company and have a bullet-point sales pitch ready for him.
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In any event the hacks didn't buy the latest management sales pitch and have instead taken their grievances to the Union.
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