bat a thousand
English
Alternative forms
- bat one thousand
Etymology
From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats- 1000 would be 100 percent.
Pronunciation
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Verb
bat a thousand (third-person singular simple present bats a thousand, present participle batting a thousand, simple past and past participle batted a thousand)
- (baseball) To reach first base on every at-bat.
- (idiomatic) To achieve success at each attempt.
- He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss.
- (idiomatic) To achieve perfection.
- No one can bat a thousand for the whole season.
- (idiomatic) To have identical outcomes on each attempt
Synonyms
- go or be two for two
Related terms
- bat five hundred