bat around
Example Sentences
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The Rams had dropped to 4-5 when Arteta booked a last-minute visit to California and sat down with McVay to bat around wisdom on responding to adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
You just had to look at him Thursday carrying a bat around with bright orange batting gloves on and a toothpick in his mouth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
“There are a lot of people here you can gut check with and bat around ideas,” Psaki said in an interview on her last day in the White House.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2022
He was clearly expecting someone with a name like Horatio Farnsworth III, a Harvard man who would bat around the finer points of the North Atlantic alliance over highballs on Air Force One.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
A few neighborhood friends and I used to bat around the birdie for fun after school.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
