(right) off the bat

American & Australian

immediately.

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

• of old
• of one mind
• of own accord
• of own making
• of someone's own accord
• of something's own accord
• of the essence
• of the moment
• of the old school
• of two minds
• of two minds about
• of two minds about something
• of your dreams
• of your own accord
• of your own making
• oil the wheels
• Old Bill
• old-boy network
• old country
• oldest profession
• oldest profession in the world
• oldest trick in the book
• olde-worlde
• two-time
• two-timer