bat around

discuter de, échanger sur

Discuter librement d’idées ou de possibilités, souvent avant de prendre une décision.

En anglais simple : To discuss ideas or possibilities in a relaxed way, often before deciding what to do.

• Let’s bat around some ideas.
• We batted the proposal around at lunch.
• Have you batted any possible names around yet?

Comment l'utiliser : bat something around (We batted several ideas around over lunch.); bat around something (Let’s bat around some options before deciding.)

Synonymes : discuss, talk over, kick around

Expressions courantes : bat around ideas, bat around something, bat something around

faire passer tous les frappeurs dans la même demi-manche

Au baseball, faire passer chaque joueur de l’ordre de frappe au cours de la même demi-manche.

En anglais simple : In baseball, every player in a team’s batting order takes a turn during the same half of an inning.

• The team batted around in the first inning.
• All nine hitters helped us bat around.
• They batted around without sending the first hitter back to the plate.

Comment l'utiliser : bat around in + inning (The team batted around in the fourth inning.)

Expressions courantes : bat around once, bat around again, bat around early

faire revenir le premier frappeur dans la même demi-manche

Au baseball, le premier frappeur revient après tous ses coéquipiers, toujours dans la même demi-manche.

En anglais simple : In baseball, the first batter gets a second turn after every teammate has batted in the same half-inning.

• We batted around when our first hitter returned.
• The team batted around in the third inning, giving its leadoff hitter a second turn.
• Can they bat around and bring the opening batter back?

Comment l'utiliser : bat around in + inning (They batted around in the sixth inning.)

Expressions courantes : bat around twice, bat around again, bat around in something

courir partout

Aller rapidement d’un endroit à un autre.

En anglais simple : To move quickly from one place to another.

• We batted around town all morning.
• He was tired after batting around between shops.
• Why are you batting around the city in this rain?

Comment l'utiliser : bat around + place (She spent the morning batting around town.)

Synonymes : dash about, rush around

Expressions courantes : bat around town, bat around all day, bat around the city

traîner, glander

Passer du temps à ne rien faire, ou presque rien d’utile.

En anglais simple : To spend time doing little or nothing useful.

• We just batted around all afternoon.
• Stop batting around and finish your work.
• He spent the weekend batting around with nothing useful to do.

Synonymes : loaf, idle, laze around

Contraires : work

Expressions courantes : bat around aimlessly, bat around all day, just bat around