"off the bat" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From cricket, baseball, and other sports where a bat is used to strike a ball and the players have to make an immediate decision where to run and what plays to make after a successful strike.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "right off the bat"
        }
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        {
          "text": "hot off the bat   straight off the bat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I didn't see anything wrong, off the bat.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:",
          "text": "\"We're not going to uplift the frequency until we've got the new trains. But what we've seen straight off the bat has been a big winner for our customers.\"",
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      "glosses": [
        "From the start; immediately; right away."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, idiomatic) From the start; immediately; right away."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "the get-go"
        },
        {
          "word": "right out of the gate"
        },
        {
          "word": "straight out of the gate"
        },
        {
          "word": "straight out of the chute"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "off the bat"
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    {
      "word": "right off the bat"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From cricket, baseball, and other sports where a bat is used to strike a ball and the players have to make an immediate decision where to run and what plays to make after a successful strike.",
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        {
          "text": "I didn't see anything wrong, off the bat.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 35:",
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        "From the start; immediately; right away."
      ],
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        "(US, idiomatic) From the start; immediately; right away."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "the get-go"
    },
    {
      "word": "right out of the gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "straight out of the gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "straight out of the chute"
    }
  ],
  "word": "off the bat"
}