bat a thousand
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Etymology[edit]
From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats- 1000 would be 100 percent.
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Verb[edit]
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, literal) 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 with each attempt.
Synonyms[edit]
- go or be two for two