bat around
phrasal verb
batted around; batting around; bats around
informal
: to think about or talk about (something, such as an idea) for a period of time
The plan was batted around for a while, but it was finally rejected.
We've been batting the idea around for a few years.
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The duo, along with producing partner Miranda de Pencier, were batting around projects to collaborate on, from feature films to crime dramas, when Aglok MacDonald pitched the comedy series about a young woman in a tiny Arctic community trying to figure her life out.
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2025
Based on the Yankees performances over the weekend, baseball fans might be seeing more torpedo bats around the league soon.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Johnson’s film works on an intellectual level — batting around questions about how identity is constructed — but the director struggles to translate the stakes of those questions.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Sorry, Matt, the woman is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, not someone who deserves to be batted around like a piñata.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
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Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2025
Based on the Yankees performances over the weekend, baseball fans might be seeing more torpedo bats around the league soon.
—Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
Johnson’s film works on an intellectual level — batting around questions about how identity is constructed — but the director struggles to translate the stakes of those questions.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Sorry, Matt, the woman is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, not someone who deserves to be batted around like a piñata.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bat around
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“Bat around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20around. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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