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batted five hundred

batted five hundred is the simple past and past participle of bat five hundred.

Meaning of bat five hundred

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.

Questions about batted five hundred

What is batted five hundred the simple past and past participle of?
Batted five hundred is the simple past and past participle of bat five hundred.

Words near batted five hundred in the dictionary

  1. batted an eye
  2. batted an eyelid
  3. batted around
  4. batted away
  5. batted deep
  6. batted five hundred
  7. batted for both sides
  8. batted for the other side
  9. batted for the other team
  10. batted in
  11. batted one's eyelashes

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