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bat around
phrasal verb with batverbuk /bæt/ us /bæt/-tt-
In baseball, if a team bats around, it continues an inning(= turn to play) so that the player who had the first turn to bat in the inning has another turn before the inning is over:
Texas batted around in the fourth inning and scored five runs.
We batted around for the second time in three matches.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Baseball & rounders
1-2-3 inning
ahead
alley
around the hornidiom
at bat
bomb
curve
hit the ball out of the parkidiom
hitting coach
home plate
home stand
horsehide
hot corner
sac
spitter
split-fingered fastball
splitter
squeeze play
starting pitcher
swing
bat something around
phrasal verb with batverbuk /bæt/ us /bæt/-tt-
(alsobat something back and forth)
to discuss something such as an idea or problem, usually without reaching any definite decision:
We spend a couple of hours batting around marketing strategies.
The agenda included some issues that have been batted back and forth at conferences for years.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Debate & discussion
agent provocateur
agora
argue
argue against something
argue for something
bargainer
beard
controversial
hash
no ifs or butsidiom
no-platform
no-platforming
on the doorstep
out-debate
proposer
undialectical
undiscussed
war of words
wash (something) up
well argued
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