bat one thousand
Have a perfect record, as in In meeting deadlines, she's batting one thousand. The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.
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We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Words nearby bat one thousand
batman, bat mitzvah, Batna, baton, bâton de commandement, bat one thousand, Baton Rouge, baton round, baton twirler, batophobia, bat printing
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