bat (around)

verb

Definition of bat (around)next
as in to talk over

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  1. talk over
  2. discuss
  3. chew over
  4. deliberate
  5. debate
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  • As the men talked over lunch, Sanders explained that his flamboyant persona was a marketing vehicle.
    Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Biden and Manchin talked over the phone in March 2021, when the president urged the senator to back Biden’s first major bill.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of talk over
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  • Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, Japan’s second- and third-largest automakers, are discussing ways to deepen their ties, including the possibility of a merger that could fundamentally restructure Japan’s car industry.
    River Akira Davis, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After days of discussing a trade for first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger without resolution, the two sides reached an agreement Tuesday on a swap that sends Bellinger to the Bronx, according to multiple reports.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of discuss
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  • Wall Street is chewing over critical data released last week on Amgen’s experimental weight loss injection – a potential competitor in the blockbuster obesity drug market.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
  • So, all of the above having been chewed over, the question remains: Who wins?
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
Definition of chew over
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  • Momeni was acquitted of first-degree murder by a San Francisco jury, which deliberated for a week, the Associated Press reported.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In South By Lilith Foster-Collins News Reporter 3 South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has defied requests from investigators to appear for questioning over his martial law decree, while the Constitutional Court began deliberating Monday on whether to formally remove or reinstate him.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of deliberate
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  • Humphrey Bogart Iconic actor Humphrey Bogart was born in New York City on Christmas Day, 1899, though his exact birth date was long debated.
    Aaron Rasmussen, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • What is often debated is what kind of fraud would be covered under existing banking rules.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of debate
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bat (around or back and forth)

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