Off the back or off the bat

1. Is it right off the bat or back?
2. What does off the bat mean?
3. What is the meaning of off the back of?
4. What does off the bat mean for bats?
5. Do it off your own back?
6. What does 2 runs off the bat mean?
7. What does bat mean in slang?
8. What is the idiom about bat?
9. What does just off the back mean?
10. Is it off the back of or on the back of?
11. What is get off my back?
12. What does right off my back mean?
13. Do something right off the bat?
14. Is right off the bat a metaphor?
15. What does 2 runs off the bat mean?
16. Is it no skin off my back or nose?
17. Is it back off or back out?
18. How do you say back off?

Is it right off the bat or back?

Right off the bat means immediately, right away or from the very beginning. The phrase right off the bat is assumed to have come from the American game of baseball.

What does off the bat mean?

Prepositional phrase

(US, idiomatic) From the start; immediately; right away. Right off the bat, I can see that you need to see a doctor.

What is the meaning of off the back of?

to use the money and resources of another group of people to survive, and give nothing in return.

What does off the bat mean for bats?

Instantly, immediately, as in I can't tell you how many right off the bat, but I can find out. This term alludes to a baseball being hit by a bat. [

Do it off your own back?

Off your own back

This phrase is often used to refer to something done using one's own initiative.

What does 2 runs off the bat mean?

US and Canadian informal. immediately; without hesitation. See full dictionary entry for bat.

What does bat mean in slang?

adjective Slang. insane; crazy: He's gone bats.

What is the idiom about bat?

The phrase 'As Blind as a Bat' refers to someone who is unwilling to recognize bad things, or someone who is completely blind. You can use the idiom 'As Blind as a Bat' to describe someone who refuses to notice an obvious thing.

What does just off the back mean?

Definition of 'to get off sb's back'

If you tell someone to get off your back, you are telling them angrily to stop criticizing you or putting pressure on you. [informal] He kept on at me to such an extent that occasionally I wished he would get off my back. See full dictionary entry for back.

Is it off the back of or on the back of?

If you say that one thing happens on the back of another thing, you mean that it happens after that other thing and in addition to it.

What is get off my back?

used to tell someone to stop criticizing you: Why don't you get off my back! I'm doing my best.

What does right off my back mean?

idiom informal. used to tell someone to stop criticizing you: Why don't you get off my back! I'm doing my best. Disapproving & criticizing.

Do something right off the bat?

Spontaneously, immediately, without forethought. This term comes from baseball and presumably alludes to something being done as quickly as a ball leaves the bat after being hit.

Is right off the bat a metaphor?

This is a mixture of “right out of the box” and “right off the bat”, both baseball metaphors and both meaning “first thing.” Thanks to John C.

What does 2 runs off the bat mean?

US and Canadian informal. immediately; without hesitation. See full dictionary entry for bat.

Is it no skin off my back or nose?

used when you want to say that it makes no difference to you what someone else does or thinks: It's no skin off my nose if you don't take my advice.

Is it back off or back out?

You should back off from the argument before the situation gets worst. He backed off from this proposal.

How do you say back off?

Rather than "Back off," Miss Manners recommends, "I think we had better keep farther apart."