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off one's own bat

off one's own bat prepositional phrase: at one's own instigation, of one's own accord.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) At one's own instigation, of one's own accord.
    • My boss didn't tell me to reorganize the filing system; I did it off my own bat.

Forms of off one's own bat

alternative formoff one's own back
alternative formon one's own bat

Questions about off one's own bat

What does off one's own bat mean?
Off one's own bat means at one's own instigation, of one's own accord.
What part of speech is off one's own bat?
Off one's own bat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off one's own bat in the dictionary

  1. off one's meds
  2. off one's nut
  3. off one's nuts
  4. off one's onion
  5. off one's own back
  6. off one's own bat
  7. off one's rocker
  8. off one's rocket
  9. off one's tits
  10. off one's tree
  11. off one's trolley

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