right off the bat

English

Prepositional phrase

right off the bat

  1. Synonym of off the bat.
    • 1957 July, Merrick Pratt, “Administering the Protective Equipment Program”, in Gerard J. Riley, editor, Modern Sanitation: The Magazine of Sanitation Management and Plant Housekeeping, volume 9, number 1, Easton, Pa.: Powell Magazines, →OCLC, page 21:
      If I told you that we had launched the glove washing program without effort it would be purely malarkey. Right off the bat we had some squawks about dermatitis.
    • 1996 February 20, ChrisMims [username], “White Hordes Part I: Extensive Pontifications”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy‎[1] (Usenet):
      Over and over again you'll dump a horde of weenies, and if you're[sic] opponent's[sic] too slow, he'll die right off the bat.
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