"bat for the other team" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bat for the other team.ogg [Australia] Forms: bats for the other team [present, singular, third-person], batting for the other team [participle, present], batted for the other team [participle, past], batted for the other team [past]
Etymology: From cricket or baseball, in print c. 1990. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bat for the other team (third-person singular simple present bats for the other team, present participle batting for the other team, simple past and past participle batted for the other team)
  1. (idiomatic, humorous, euphemistic) To be homosexual. Tags: euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Categories (topical): LGBT Synonyms: bat for the other side Related terms: bat for both sides, on the other bus, bat for the wrong team

Inflected forms

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