"Bat-Signal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Bat- + signal: the extended (general) sense comes from the Bat-Signal, a searchlight-based distress signal in the DC Universe, used by Gotham City police to summon the superhero Batman.",
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          "ref": "2017, Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need:",
          "text": "The power of that promise is part of why Trump's election win was like a Bat-Signal for hatemongers of all kinds.",
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          "ref": "2022, Alyne Hart, Glitter, page 15:",
          "text": "\"Have you met my mom? She's like a Bat-Signal for jerks. I'm never falling in love, Kellan. Ever. It's so stupid.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2022, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams:",
          "text": "I honked the horn and flickered the lights as a bat signal for my mom to save me.",
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        "(idiomatic, informal) A thing which serves to attract or summon something."
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          "word": "🦇"
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