beat the bat

verb

Definitions

  1. Of a ball

    Of a ball: to just barely avoid being struck by the bat, through sheer luck.

  2. Of a bowler

    Of a bowler: to deliver such a ball.

The neighborhood

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