"dust off a batter" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the concept that a pitch thrown very close to a batter will remove some dust or dirt from the batter's uniform either by brushing against it or causing a breeze very close to it, or alternatively by the batter jumping away from the pitch to avoid being hit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dusts off a batter",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusting off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusted off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusted off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Baseball",
          "orig": "en:Baseball",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That pitcher doesn't like the hitters too close to the plate so every once in a while he'll dust off a batter.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947, Robert Smith, Baseball: a historical narrative of the game, the men who have played it, and its place in American life, page 206:",
          "text": "He never attempted to dust off a batter; and his control was so great that no hitter was ever afraid to stand right up to the plate and look Matty's fast ball right in the eye.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate."
      ],
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        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "pitcher",
          "pitcher"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "batter",
          "batter"
        ],
        [
          "home plate",
          "home plate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, baseball) for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "baseball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
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}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the concept that a pitch thrown very close to a batter will remove some dust or dirt from the batter's uniform either by brushing against it or causing a breeze very close to it, or alternatively by the batter jumping away from the pitch to avoid being hit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dusts off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusting off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusted off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dusted off a batter",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "pos": "verb",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate."
      ],
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        [
          "baseball",
          "baseball"
        ],
        [
          "pitcher",
          "pitcher"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "batter",
          "batter"
        ],
        [
          "home plate",
          "home plate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, baseball) for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
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        "hobbies",
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  "word": "dust off a batter"
}