bat about

A form of bat around — To have each of a team's batting line-up positions complete an at-bat in the same half-inning.

Meanings

verbbat about (third-person singular simple present bats about, present participle batting about, simple past and past participle batted about)

present singular third person bats about · participle present batting about · participle past batted about · past batted about

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bat around (certain senses)
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