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We were in Philadelphia when Manager Pat shifted me from third to short, and right off the bat, I knew I had found my dish. Footwork was more a part of the new position than it had been at third. I suddenly felt I had sprouted wings. A world of new possibilities opened for me.
Bobby Wallace

Meaning of "right off the bat" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIGHT OFF THE BAT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGHT OFF THE BAT

right about
right angle
right as rain
right ascension
right away
Right Honourable
right of abode
right of search
right of way
right off
right oh
right on
Right Reverend
right to life
right triangle
right whale
right wing
right-angled
right-angled triangle
right-click

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGHT OFF THE BAT

blind as a bat
carry one´s bat
cricket bat
fruit bat
horseshoe bat
insectivorous bat
off one´s own bat
off the bat
old bat
straight bat
vampire bat

Synonyms and antonyms of right off the bat in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «right off the bat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIGHT OFF THE BAT

Find out the translation of right off the bat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of right off the bat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «right off the bat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马上蝙蝠
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la derecha del palo
570 millions of speakers

English

right off the bat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सही बल्ले
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الحق قبالة الخفافيش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

с места в карьер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

logo de cara
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠিক ব্যাট হতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dès le départ
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dari kelawar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rechts von der Fledermaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

すぐさま
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바로 박쥐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langsung mati bat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngay lập tức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வலது பேட் ஆஃப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अगदी फलंदाजापासून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hemen sopadan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

destra fuori del blocco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tuż nietoperza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

з місця в кар´єр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

right off BAT
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεξιά από το ρόπαλο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

reg van die kolf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

höger utanför bat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rett utenfor balltre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of right off the bat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT OFF THE BAT»

The term «right off the bat» is very widely used and occupies the 6.308 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGHT OFF THE BAT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about right off the bat

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9 QUOTES WITH «RIGHT OFF THE BAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word right off the bat.
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Brian Boitano
The Olympics are great for notoriety right off the bat, but your body of work is what people remember you for.
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James Denton
And they didn't have to get into a lot of legal speak or talk ER terms, they were real people. I think that's why so many actresses were attracted to it. And it was just about problems that you could identify with so much, right off the bat.
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Courtney Ford
I would love to be on a show where I'm allowed to play a character that you're not suspicious of, from the get-go, and who's someone that you can just relax with, take in and like, right off the bat.
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Daniel J. Goor
There were a bunch of things we really liked right off the bat about a police precinct. We loved how instantly relatable it was. We loved how little exposition was required to tell people who these guys were and what they were doing.
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Eric Idle
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as soon as they can speak or be naughty.
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Kim Raver
Maybe because I didn't have a huge film career right off the bat, I've been able to create something different, which is so important to me. That's myself, my idea of who I am.
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Britney Spears
I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person.
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Bobby Wallace
We were in Philadelphia when Manager Pat shifted me from third to short, and right off the bat, I knew I had found my dish. Footwork was more a part of the new position than it had been at third. I suddenly felt I had sprouted wings. A world of new possibilities opened for me.
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Michael Wolf
One thing I can say right off the bat is that creating great editorial is a huge challenge, and you can't help but go through the process and not appreciate how valuable this skill is, and how much I admire the people who do this every day.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGHT OFF THE BAT»

Discover the use of right off the bat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to right off the bat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Right Off the Bat: Baseball, Cricket, Literature, & Life
As we started on this book many years later, we wanted to convey our respective enthusiasms to each other first, and by extension to all fans of "the other" first-cousin sport. MR: This is Martin.
Evander Lomke, Martin Rowe, 2011
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Right Off the Bat: Baseball, Cricket, Literature, & Life
Evander Lomke & Martin Rowe. Cricket has a few additional humiliations for the batsman, which involve our old friends the stumps. Beyond scoring runs, the fundamental task of the batsman in cricket is to defend his stumps. in cricket, getting ...
Evander Lomke & Martin Rowe
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The Guide to United States Popular Culture
... His Last Game, a cowboys-and-Indians diamond drama, soon followed, in that first decade, by the likes of Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1910), Hal Chase's Home Run (1911), Love and Baseball (1914), Right Off the Bat(\9\5), and Baseball, ...
Ray Broadus Browne, Pat Browne, 2001
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
"Right off the bat, it's likely to be successful because there is a concentration of really good businesses. —Napa Valley Register (10/22/2011) As freshmen two years ago, the girls said they were looking for a way to combine fun and service and ...
Peter Bengelsdorf
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American Slang: Cultural Language Guide to Living in the USA
He greedily took the candy from the young child and consumed it without batting an eye. Right off the bat: to happen instantly. Our stock started making money right off the bat. Bawl Bawl: cry uncontrollably loud. The babies were bawling and I ...
Joseph Melillo, Edward M. Melillo, 2004
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The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition)
Said of one who is putting forth one's best effort (American Speech, Apr. 1943). right of first refusal The principle that allows a player's former club to match the highest offer made to that player. right off the bat Immediately; without ado; ...
Paul Dickson, Skip McAfee, 2011
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The Synonym Finder
... explicitly, unequivocally, undisguisedly, plainly, in plain words or English, with no nonsense, all joking aside. 7. immediately, instantly, instanter, in a moment, at once, straightaway, then and there, right away, right off, Inf. right off the bat; in a ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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The Perfect Learners' Dictionary (?)
IEII off one': own 'but (Brit infmi) without help or encouragement from anyone else: She made the suggestions entirely 0))' her own but (ie without being asked for them). (right) off the 'bat (US infml) immediately: without delay: He answered all ...
Thomas Herbst, Kerstin Popp, 1999
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
(right) off the bat immediately ♢ Let me say right off the bat that I don't blameyoufor this problem. ♢ / know who you mean, but I can't think of his name right off the bat. not bat an eye See at eye bath take a (financial) bath to lose money on an ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
Also see right off the bat. right hand doesn't know what left hand is doing ➧ See under left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. right-hand man Also, right-hand woman. A trusted helper, as in Give it to Jill, she's my righthand man.
Christine Ammer, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGHT OFF THE BAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term right off the bat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mike Trout Goes Deep Right off the Bat to Carry American League to …
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats had just ... «WHSV, Jul 15»
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Football: Wildcatz to be tested on road right off the bat
Coming off a dream season, Eastland-Pearl City football coach Randy Asche isn't all ... “It's kind of scary playing such good teams right off the bat,” Asche said, ... «SaukValley.com, Jun 15»
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Jeb Is Right About 4 Percent Growth
And right off the bat, most economists trashed the idea. “It can't happen and it's never happened.” “Productivity is too low.” “The labor force is growing too slowly. «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Why Shell acquisition pays off for Beaver County right off the bat
Shell Chemical's now-finalized property acquisition for its ethane cracker plant has enriched Pennsylvania and Beaver County by $270,000, the amount the ... «Pittsburgh Business Times, Jun 15»
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Marcus Peters impresses right off the bat at Chiefs practice
The first-round cornerback had no grace period in his return. Peters was thrown right into the practice rotation on Tuesday, and according to ESPN, he handled ... «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»
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Hysteria Right Off The Bat
Carpenter is the 44 year-old woman who was rushed to the hospital after being seriously injured when Oakland A's third baseman Brett Lawrie's bat broke and ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
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Correa shows the power to enchant fans right off the bat
And of course, they rose to their feet and cheered when he drove a 2-0 pitch off Seattle reliever Joe Beimel 430 feet the opposite way in his second at-bat. «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
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Prep playoffs: Local rivalry rematch right off the bat
A 5-year-old bat boy the last and only time East Gaston and South Point met in the baseball state playoffs, Jason Lineberger will have quite a different ... «Gaston Gazette, May 15»
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'Batman V Superman' And 'Suicide Squad' Could Break DC Comics …
Instead of doing a handful of stand-alone films and then topping it off with a ... it basically introduces a big portion of the DC super-villain universe right off the bat. «Forbes, Apr 15»
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High School Softball: Southington No. 1 Right Off The Bat
Hayley Arduini and the Southington softball team are off to a 3-0 start and have outscored their opponents 38-4. The Knights are rated No. 1 in The Courant's first ... «Hartford Courant, Apr 15»

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