Straight off the bat In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "straight off the bat", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Zesty Y

2021-07-12 11:07

Right Off the Bat , at once

Straight off the bat adverb phrase

Without thinking or waiting from the start.

Though she disguised herself as a boy, I recognized her straight off the bat.

She answered all the questions straight off the bat as if she had known all of them before.

Straight off the bat, I thought of my missing dog when I saw that familiar neck belt.

(right) out of the gate(s)

Right/straight away, immediately, instantly

Right Out Of The Gate

Immediately, straightway

in nothing flat

At once.

straight out of the chute

At once.

This phrase dates from the first half of the 1900s, and it refers to a baseball being hit by a bat.

The Origin Cited: The free dictionary .

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