bat about in English

Forms: bats about [present, singular, third-person], batting about [participle, present], batted about [participle, past], batted about [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bat about (third-person singular simple present bats about, present participle batting about, simple past and past participle batted about)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "bats about",
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    {
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "batted about",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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"bat about" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms