bat a thousand

verb

Etymology

From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent).

Definitions

  1. To reach first base on every at-bat.

  2. To achieve success at each attempt.

    • He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss.
  3. To achieve perfection.

    • No one can bat a thousand for the whole season.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. To have identical outcomes with each attempt.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA