| 词汇 | off own bat |
| 释义 | Idiom off own batoff (your) own bat British & Australian if you do something off your own bat, you do it without anyone else telling you or asking you to do it.He chose to talk to the press off his own bat. off (one's) own batWithout prompting from another. If you want to make more money, you'll have to take on new clients off your own bat. Susie didn't wait for her parents to tell her to take out the garbage. She did it off her own bat. off your own batBRITISHIf you do something off your own bat, you choose to do it and no one else tells you to do it. Whatever she did, she did off her own bat. It was nothing to do with me. Note: In cricket, players can score runs either by hitting the ball themselves, or when their partner hits it, or when the ball is not hit at all but goes beyond the wicket. off your own batat your own instigation; spontaneously. BritishThe bat referred to in this phrase is a cricket bat. 1995 Colin Bateman Cycle of Violence She doesn't have me doing anything, Marty. It's all off my own bat. ˌoff your own ˈbat(British English, informal) independently, without the encouragement or help of others: Nobody had even tried to persuade Tim to give up smoking; he did it off his own bat. |
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