bat around
Example Sentences
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The Rams had dropped to 4-5 when Arteta booked a last-minute visit to California and sat down with McVay to bat around wisdom on responding to adversity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
Kirchoff didn’t allow Maine’s 14-player order to bat around a second time, retiring all except one, a hit allowed in the third inning.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023
Scrawled placards mark the conference table at the Kyiv Independent, where nearly a year into the defining story of their lifetimes, staffers bat around news developments large and small.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2023
Once she has it, she and her staffers bat around potential lines of questioning.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2020
A few neighborhood friends and I used to bat around the birdie for fun after school.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
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