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bats an eyelid

bats an eyelid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bat an eyelid.

Meaning of bat an eyelid

Verb

bat an eyelid (third-person singular simple present bats an eyelid, present participle batting an eyelid, simple past and past participle batted an eyelid)

  1. (idiomatic) To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.
    • When laptop computers first came out they were something of a novelty. These days, nobody bats an eyelid.

Questions about bats an eyelid

What is bats an eyelid the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Bats an eyelid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bat an eyelid.

Words near bats an eyelid in the dictionary

  1. batroxostatin
  2. bats
  3. bats a thousand
  4. bats about
  5. bats an eye
  6. bats an eyelid
  7. bats around
  8. bats away
  9. bats deep
  10. bats five hundred
  11. bats for both sides

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