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bats in

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

Meaning of bat in

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To bat so that a runner on base effects (a run).
    • a. 2001, William Harrington, Elliott Roosevelt's Murder at the President's Door: An Eleanor Roosevelt Mystery, 2003 edition, →ISBN, page 55,
      In 1927, when Ruth hit sixty home runs, Gehrig had a better batting average and batted in more runs.

Questions about bats in

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

Words near bats in in the dictionary

  1. bats away
  2. bats deep
  3. bats five hundred
  4. bats for both sides
  5. bats for the other side
  6. bats in
  7. bats of an eye
  8. bats one thousand
  9. bats one's eyelashes
  10. bats one's eyes
  11. bats out

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