off one's own bat

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off one's own bat

phrase off one's own back · on one's own bat

  1. idiomatic At one's own instigation, of one's own accord. My boss didn't tell me to reorganize the filing system; I did it off my own bat.

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@misc{off_one_s_own_bat_2026,
  title = {off one's own bat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/off%20one's%20own%20bat},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}