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batting five hundred

batting five hundred is the present participle and gerund 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 batting five hundred

What is batting five hundred the present participle and gerund of?
Batting five hundred is the present participle and gerund of bat five hundred.

Words near batting five hundred in the dictionary

  1. batting cage
  2. batting collapse
  3. batting collapses
  4. batting crease
  5. batting deep
  6. batting five hundred
  7. batting for both sides
  8. batting for the other side
  9. batting for the other team
  10. batting glove
  11. batting gloves

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