bat (around)

verb

Definition of bat (around)next
as in to talk over

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bat (around)
  1. talk over
  2. discuss
  3. chew over
  4. deliberate
  5. debate
Verb
  • DirecTV and Dish have held on-and-off talks over the years.
    Reuters, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Discussions on the program often become angry, with guests talking over each other while Phillip tries to maintain control.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of talk over
Verb
  • What to know about the complex, long-simmering civil war Now, the two nations, along with Iran, are set to meet in Doha on Saturday to discuss the volatile situation in Syria, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Iranians began to leave Syria on Friday morning, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of discuss
Verb
  • So, all of the above having been chewed over, the question remains: Who wins?
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2011
  • Then again, given that Diamond is looking to re-sign a number of its MLB partners at steep discounts, that particular slice of the revenue pie has already been pretty well chewed over.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of chew over
Verb
  • The jury, which deliberated for about a day, acquitted Griffith of several counts of conspiracy to commit murder Griffith faces the possibility of life in prison at sentencing Feb. 18 in front of Circuit Judge Jennifer B. Schiffer.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The evidence against Richard Allen:Jury in Delphi murders deliberated for days What other issues could be raised on appeal?
    Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of deliberate
Verb
  • There are thousands of professionals and countless impassioned amateurs, all happy to expound on monetary theory in the way that people elsewhere debate the defensive tactics of the Premier League.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Creating space in conversations for debating and collaborating enables stronger ideas to materialize.
    Kate Wieczorek, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of debate
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bat (around or back and forth)

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