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1 noun∎ he's a good bat il manie bien la batte;(b) (shot, blow) coup m∎ familiar to have bats in the or one's belfry avoir une araignée au plafond;∎ familiar to run/to drive like a bat out of hell courir/conduire comme si l'on avait le diable à ses trousses∎ to go off on a bat aller faire la bringueSport (baseball player, cricketer → play) manier la batte; (→ take one's turn at playing) être à la batte;∎ he batted for Pakistan il était à la batte pour l'équipe pakistanaise;∎ to go in to bat aller à la batte;∎ American familiar figurative to go to bat for sb intervenir en faveur de qn□∎ she batted her eyelids at him elle battit des paupières en le regardant;∎ figurative he didn't bat an eyelid il n'a pas sourcillé ou bronché;∎ figurative she did it without batting an eyelid elle l'a fait sans broncher►► American Sport bat boy (in baseball) = garçon qui s'occupe des battes et de l'entretien du matériel∎ to bat sth around parler de qch à bâtons rompus
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