Collocations for "bat"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bat" in context.
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bat
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [baseball, cricket] bat
- hit [him, it, the window, her car] with a (baseball) bat
- assaulted her with a (baseball) bat
- beat him up with a (baseball) bat
- swung his bat [at, towards, around]
- a hand-turned (baseball) bat
- a [professional, recreational, signed] (baseball) bat
- had his (baseball) bat [signed, autographed, personalized]
- The player broke his bat (when he hit the ball).
- got a bat and ball for [Christmas, her birthday]
- The [home, visiting] team is at bat.
- a [vampire, fruit] bat
- got [bitten, attacked] by a bat
- There is a bat living in the [attic, garage].
- The bats flew out of the [cave, tree, bell tower].
- The bats were hunting [bugs, mosquitos, flies].
- a bat's wings
- idiom: asked me right off the bat
- idiom: is as blind as a bat
- idiom: like a bat out of hell
- batted [first, well]
- bat for the [United States, Yankees]
- up next to bat
- bat for the winning [team, side]
- he bats for the [other, opposite, opposing] team
- bat a [high, good] average
- batted it out of the [way, park]
- bat the ball
- bat [an idea, a concept, a proposal] around
- bat [a fly, the pests] away
- bat at a [toy, fly]
- batted her [eyes, eyelashes] (at him)
- in a bat cave
- a bat [sanctuary, rescue center]
- bat wings
- sports: is a bat boy
- sports: in his bat bag
- computing: [access, open, run] a BAT file
'bat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):