off the bat

(right) off the bat

immediately Let me say right off the bat that I don't blame you for this problem. I know who you mean, but I can't think of his name right off the bat.

(right) off the bat

(American & Australian)

immediately I could tell right off the bat there was something different about this man.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Balbino	-	Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare), Italian (Rare)
Carol (1)	KER-əl, KAR-əl	English
Barnabas	BAHR-nah-bahs (German), BAHR-nə-bəs (English)	German, English (Rare), Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Erkki	ERK-kee	Finnish
Timoti	-	Maori
Vladan	-	Serbian, Czech, Slovak