off the bat

phrase

: without delay : immediately

recognized him right off the bat

Examples of off the bat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This speech was four pages long, with no stops, and that could have been quite a lot to just receive off the bat. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 July 2026

The Yanks were only able to manage one extra-base hit off the bat of Trent Grisham in the ninth. — James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

But New York got to him in the fifth, inducing three walks while getting a two-run homer off the bat of Max Schuemann. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 July 2026

In the fourth, Johnson gave up a leadoff single to Julio Rodríguez but erased that threat by inducing a double play off the bat of Canzone. — Doug Miller, Oc Register, 30 June 2026

Rhymes for off the bat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat