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right off the bat
Instantly, immediately, as in I can't tell you how many right off the bat, but I can find out. This term alludes to a baseball being hit by a bat. [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
Right off the bat, one thing that is unavoidably cringe about protests is that people who aren’t young are uniformly uncool.
I like the idea of addressing that elephant in the room right off the bat, because I really want to do a show for everybody.
It worked with Gabin and Tobias, luckily, like gangbusters like right off the bat.
"Why didn't the police service help these families right off the bat, and why didn't the previous provincial government want to help these families right off the bat," she said.
And so, right off the bat, there’s a substantial due process issue.
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