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noun in games ADJ. baseball, cricket, table tennis VERB + BAT grip, hold | carry | swing small flying animal ADJ. fruit, pipistrelle, vampire BAT + VERB flutter, fly | roost | squeak PHRASES a species of bat, verb VERB + BAT go in to Hick went in to bat after Hussain. | put sb in to India won the toss and put England in to bat. PREP. for Smith was first to bat for Warwickshire.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary