off the bat
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› immediately: You can't expect to be accepted in a new town right/straight off the bat.Immediately
(Definition of off the bat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a stitch in time (saves nine) idiom
- ado noun
- at/in one fell swoop idiom
- directly adverb (SOON)
- forthwith adverb
- glance noun
- immediately adverb
- in a flash idiom
- instant adjective
- instantaneous adjective
- instantly adverb
- off the cuff idiom
- offhand adverb
- once conjunction
- pronto adverb
- quickly adverb
- right adverb (EXACTLY)
- spot noun (PLACE)
- straight adverb (IMMEDIATELY)
- straightaway adverb
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