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on one's own bat

on one's own bat is the alternative form of off one's own bat.

Meaning of off one's own bat

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.

Questions about on one's own bat

What is on one's own bat the alternative form of?
On one's own bat is the alternative form of off one's own bat.

Words near on one's own bat in the dictionary

  1. on one's mettle
  2. on one's mind
  3. on one's ones
  4. on one's own
  5. on one's own account
  6. on one's own bat
  7. on one's own ground
  8. on one's own hook
  9. on one's own time
  10. on one's P's
  11. on one's part

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