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right off the bat

right off the bat prepositional phrase: synonym of off the bat.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of off the bat.
    • If I told you that we had launched the glove washing program without effort it would be purely malarkey. Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.1957 July, Merrick Pratt, “Administering the Protective Equipment Program”, in Gerard J. Riley, editor, Modern Sanitation: The Magazine of Sanitation Management and Plant Housekeeping, volume 9...
    • Over and over again you'll dump a horde of weenies, and if you're^([sic]) opponent's^([sic]) too slow, he'll die right off the bat.1996 February 20, ChrisMims [username], “White Hordes Part I: Extensive Pontifications”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    off the bat

Synonyms of right off the bat

Questions about right off the bat

What does right off the bat mean?
Right off the bat means synonym of off the bat.
What part of speech is right off the bat?
Right off the bat is a prepositional phrase.

Words near right off the bat in the dictionary

  1. right of return
  2. right of sepulchre
  3. right of way
  4. right of ways
  5. right off
  6. right off the bat
  7. right on
  8. right one
  9. right ones
  10. right out
  11. right out of the gate

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