Definition
From the start; immediately; right away.
Origins
From cricket, baseball, and other sports where a bat is used to strike a ball and the players have to make an immediate decision where to run and what plays to make after a successful strike.
In Context
- "hot off the bat; straight off the bat"
- "I didn't see anything wrong, off the bat."
- ""We're not going to uplift the frequency until we've got the new trains. But what we've seen straight off the bat has been a big winner for our customers.""
Also Said As
- from the get-go
- out of the gate
- right off the bat
- straight out of the chute