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bat out

Verb

Meaning

(transitive) to expel, using bats, paddles or similar things.

(transitive) to churn out, produce hurriedly

(transitive, cooking) to flatten something (e.g. with a rolling pin)

(cricket) to continue batting (normally to prevent what would otherwise result in losing a match)

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No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them! Norman Rockwell

And the last thing I see is my heart, Still beating, Breaking out of my body And flying away Like a bat out of Hell. Jim Steinman

I faced odds when glaucoma took the bat out of my hands. But I didn't give in or feel sorry for myself. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: 'It may be cloudy in my right eye, but the sun is shining very brightly in my left eye.' Allan Ray

Like a bat out of Hell I'll be gone when the morning comes. Jim Steinman

Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun All torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell And the last thing I see is my heart, Still beating, Breaking out of my body And flying away Like a bat out of Hell. Jim Steinman

It’s probably for the best: The last time my grandfather backed out of my parents’ driveway, he reversed the Goose like a bat out of hell and hit a car. Source: Internet

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