off own bat



off your own bat

  (British & Australian)
if you do something off your own bat, you do it without anyone else telling you or asking you to do it He chose to talk to the press off his own bat.
See also: bat, off, own

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nuno-Portuguese, Medieval Portuguese
Doran-Irish
Renatore-NAH-to (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Croatian
Hubertushuy-BER-təs (Dutch)Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
NeerNAYRLimburgish
FultonFUL-tənEnglish