"bat away" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

Forms: to bat away [infinitive], bats away [present, third-person, singular], batted away [preterite], batted away [participle, past], batting away [participle, present]
  1. Frapper un objet et l'éloigner (de soi).
    Sense id: fr-bat_away-en-verb-298pDlHM
  2. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: fr-bat_away-en-verb-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Anglais des États-Unis
  3. Botter en touche, détourner un sujet de discussion, faire diversion pour éviter un sujet ou un point fâcheux, tourner autour du pot. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-bat_away-en-verb-ItYwc5k4 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: batear

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For his part, Hank Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary - asked about the impact of US energy policies on food prices on Friday - tried to bat away the question."
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