bat around

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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

As you bat around innocuous topics like the weather, the latest football score or that TV show’s finale, you gauge how the person responds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

But it can’t get its bat around fast enough to connect.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 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

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