Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come to bat

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables: come -to -bat
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have one's turn at bat.

verb

To argue in defense of.

Example Sentences

"In that case, the player who was called out for failure to come to bat properly is charged with having been put out, and whatever happened that resulted in the improper batter being put out goes into the scoring box of the batter who failed to bat in proper turn."
"New Zealand stuck doggedly to a plan that centred on batting patience. Henry Nicholls' 55, and 47 from Tom Latham, held things together in the face of some probing England bowling. The value of the Black Caps' pragmatism in reaching 241-8 was shown when England came to bat."
"Unfortunately, if anybody above [the manager] or around her cared, they didn't come to bat for me."

Inflected Forms

comes to bat (present, singular) coming to bat (participle, present) came to bat (past)

Questions

What does come to bat mean?: To have one's turn at bat.

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