"off one's own bat" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Audio: En-au-off one's own bat.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) At one's own instigation, of one's own accord. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: off one's own back (alt: eggcorn), on one's own bat
    Sense id: en-off_one's_own_bat-en-prep_phrase-uDBRGsx1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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