off one's own bat

off one's own bat

English

Alternative forms

• off one's own back (chiefly or originally erroneous)

Prepositional phrase

off one's own bat

1. (idiomatic) At one's own instigation.

   My boss didn't tell me to reorganize the filing system; I did it off my own bat.

Translations

Translations

German: auf eigene Faust (de) (literally “on one's own fist”)