bat around
phrasal verb
batted around; batting around; bats around
informal
: to think about or talk about (something, such as an idea) for a period of time
The plan was batted around for a while, but it was finally rejected.
We've been batting the idea around for a few years.
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District officials have batted around the idea of pushing the start of the school year back a couple of weeks.
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Joan Meiners and Katie Worth, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
And in October 2015, as CMS department chiefs were batting around ideas to crack down on billing abuses, including reinstating the 2014 regulation on data mining, the agency was led by Andy Slavitt, a former executive vice president of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Quarterback Matthew Stafford was batted around like a pinata, sacked five times behind a makeshift offensive line, where the personnel all but wore name tags to identify themselves.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The capsule reached orbit about nine and a half minutes later, and the crew batted around a small plush astronaut toy dog as free fall – zero gravity – became apparent.
—Joey Roulette and Gerry Doyle, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
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Joan Meiners and Katie Worth, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2024
And in October 2015, as CMS department chiefs were batting around ideas to crack down on billing abuses, including reinstating the 2014 regulation on data mining, the agency was led by Andy Slavitt, a former executive vice president of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
Quarterback Matthew Stafford was batted around like a pinata, sacked five times behind a makeshift offensive line, where the personnel all but wore name tags to identify themselves.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The capsule reached orbit about nine and a half minutes later, and the crew batted around a small plush astronaut toy dog as free fall – zero gravity – became apparent.
—Joey Roulette and Gerry Doyle, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Sep. 2024
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“Bat around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bat%20around. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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