off (one's) own bat

Without prompting from another. If you want to make more money, you'll have to take on new clients off your own bat. Susie didn't wait for her parents to tell her to take out the garbage. She did it off her own bat.

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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

off your own bat

BRITISH

If you do something off your own bat, you choose to do it and no one else tells you to do it. Whatever she did, she did off her own bat. It was nothing to do with me. Note: In cricket, players can score runs either by hitting the ball themselves, or when their partner hits it, or when the ball is not hit at all but goes beyond the wicket.

See also: bat, off, own

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

off your own bat

at your own instigation; spontaneously. British

The bat referred to in this phrase is a cricket bat.

1995 Colin Bateman Cycle of Violence She doesn't have me doing anything, Marty. It's all off my own bat.

See also: bat, off, own

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌoff your own ˈbat

(British English, informal) independently, without the encouragement or help of others: Nobody had even tried to persuade Tim to give up smoking; he did it off his own bat.

See also: bat, off, own

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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off your own bat
go to bat for
go to bat for (one)
go to bat for somebody
go to bat for someone
like a bat out of hell
on (one's) own hook
on own account
on your own account
on your own initiative

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释义	off (one's) own bat off (one's) own bat Without prompting from another. If you want to make more money, you'll have to take on new clients off your own bat. Susie didn't wait for her parents to tell her to take out the garbage. She did it off her own bat. See also: bat, off, own Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. off your own bat BRITISH If you do something off your own bat, you choose to do it and no one else tells you to do it. Whatever she did, she did off her own bat. It was nothing to do with me. Note: In cricket, players can score runs either by hitting the ball themselves, or when their partner hits it, or when the ball is not hit at all but goes beyond the wicket. See also: bat, off, own Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. off your own bat at your own instigation; spontaneously. British The bat referred to in this phrase is a cricket bat. 1995 Colin Bateman Cycle of Violence She doesn't have me doing anything, Marty. It's all off my own bat. See also: bat, off, own Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary ˌoff your own ˈbat (British English, informal) independently, without the encouragement or help of others: Nobody had even tried to persuade Tim to give up smoking; he did it off his own bat. See also: bat, off, own Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: off your own bat go to bat for go to bat for (one) go to bat for somebody go to bat for someone like a bat out of hell on (one's) own hook on own account on your own account on your own initiative
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