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bat five hundred

idiom

To be successful half of the time; to have a success rate of 50%.


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  1. 01

    a hundred and ten percent

    A level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.

  2. 02

    bat a thousand

    To achieve success at each attempt.

  3. 03

    bat an eyelid

    To react in any slight way; to respond; to care.

  4. 04

    bat for the other team

    To be homosexual.

  5. 05

    bat one's eyes

    To signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.

  6. 06

    bat the breeze

    To chat; to shoot the breeze.

  7. 07

    be a hundred years too early

    To be so immature and unprepared as to have no hope of achieving an accomplishment.

  8. 08

    count to five

    Synonym of count to ten.

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