straight off the bat

straight off the bat

Immediately from the very beginning. Straight off the bat, I could tell that the plan had no chance of success. Sarah's parents took to her new girlfriend straight off the bat.
See also: bat, off, straight
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • off the bat
  • right off the bat
  • right off
  • right away
  • right away/off
  • hold (someone or something) out of (something)
  • (quick) one off the wrist
  • wrist
  • straight up
  • girlfriend
References in periodicals archive
I went into the theatre to do musicals, but you don't get given musicals straight off the bat, you have to do plays with two people in first.
It's important to be able to see yourself on stage, and for black people this happens less often
"[T]here's also a way for people to play multiplayer straight off the bat if they want, we'll support both ways," Therian said.
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"She told me straight off the bat that he wanted to get married and keep me and be my father, but she was just not able to do that.
It's a big decision... you step through a doorway you can't go back through again; KT Tunstall tells GEMMA DUNN about her personal journey on Long Lost Family
"She told me straight off the bat that he wanted to get married and keep me and be father, but she was just not able to do that.
Doing Long Lost Family is a big decision - you step through a doorway that you can't go back through again... When singer KT Tunstall was approached by the Long Lost Family team to become the show's first celebrity searcher, she had her reservations. But her personal journey has been more enriching than she ever could have imagined, she tells GEMMA DUNN
When you're 6ft 3in and, whatever he is, 16 and a half stone, you're going to be strong straight off the bat and added to that it's obviously all muscle as well.
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He said: "Lady comes in straight off the bat being racist, orders a 9" garlic bread cheese and throws money at the fella in video.
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Straight off the bat, if you include loan players, there are four from the starting XI who are not at the club - Karius, Randall, Klavan and Lucas - and a further two who have spent all of this season on loan so far in Woodburn and Ejaria though have since returned.
Wolves knocked Liverpool out of FA Cup in 2017 - the defeated team may surprise you; The Reds were put to the sword by the then Championship side in the fourth round of the world's oldest knockout competition
Straight off the bat, one thing Sala can bring that Cardiff doesn't have is goals.
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Phil said: "Some people got it straight off the bat, but others didn't see it as rock.
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She adds: "We were improvising straight off the bat. So we could come to do take two and have to ask, 'Do you remember what you said?
I don't know anything about musicals... Chewing Gum actress Michaela Coel takes on her first leading movie role in Been So Long, a musical set in Camden. She tells LAURA HARDING about why it was time to show a different side to London
Straight off the bat I would put them as favourites, they won the treble last year.
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Connor, formerly of Dumfries but now of Drumoig, Fife, said:"We're chuffed to get a victory straight off the bat here this week.
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Having an unhealthy attitude to food doesn't seem like something that could affect your driving ability straight off the bat, yet there are severe cases that cause horrible side effects like being weak and dizzy.
You risk [pounds sterling]1,000 fine if you don't tell the DVLA about these medical conditions; The DVLA have issued a list of conditions that you may be unaware of that prohibit you from driving
Presumably a digital-first leader is one who intuitively seeks digital solutions straight off the bat for every problem, irrespective of what the problem is.
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Tom said: "As soon as you stared signing, I almost hit it straight off the bat, and the song got better and better."
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