Hello, Alexander!

Wednesday December 21 2022 07:21, from Alexander Koryagin -> All:

 AK>    Kate looked hopefully at Reynie. "I don't suppose you
 AK> know what he means, do you? Just right off the bat?"
 AK>    Reynie shook his head. "No idea."

 AK> What did she mean with her bat? :)

This expression comes from the baseball and this is a fixed expression means immediately. The bat is the stick you play with. There are couple of more baseball terminology is used daily, like let*s touch base (tomorrow and discuss that), (the value is) in the ballpark, etc.

Best Regards, Nil
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