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bat one thousand
bat one thousand
Have a perfect record, as in In meeting deadlines, she's batting one thousand. The term comes from baseball statistics, where it signifies getting a hit for every turn at bat. It was transferred to other activities in the 1920s.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Sung-Ho | | sung-ho | Korean |
| Mora | | MAWR-ə | English (Rare) |
| Jacomina | | yah-ko-MEE-nah | Dutch |
| Het-Heru | | - | Egyptian Mythology |
| Jana (1) | | YAH-nah (Dutch, German) | Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German, Slovene, Catalan |
| Lilian | | ['liliən] | |