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Meaning of off the bat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

From the start; immediately; right away.

US, idiomatic

Examples

“hot off the bat; straight off the bat”
“I didn't see⟳ anything wrong, off the bat.”
“"We're not going to uplift the frequency until we've got the new trains. But what we've seen straight off the bat has been a big winner for our customers."”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

off the beam off the beaten path off the beaten track off the boil off the books off the chain

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