Here's an idiom for you to try out this week in your daily speaking practice!
To do something (right - we often out this before) off the bat means straight away without delay or at the very beginning, sometimes even before something has started.
It is always framed by the verb 'to do --- right off the bat' and can be used with a variety of tenses / hypotheticals:
- You won't just get it right off the bat.
- He was the best in the class right off the bat.
- She sprung into action right off the bat.
Let’s have a look at some examples:
He learned right off the bat that you can't count on anything in this business.
Before we get started with any of this, you might as well as know right off the bat that I'm leaving the company next month.
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