bat around

comentar, discutir

Hablar de ideas o posibilidades de manera informal, normalmente antes de decidir qué hacer.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bat something around (We batted several ideas around over lunch.); bat around something (Let’s bat around some options before deciding.)

Sinónimos: discuss, talk over, kick around

Expresiones frecuentes: bat around ideas, bat around something, bat something around

batear toda la alineación

En béisbol, pasar todos los bateadores de un equipo por su turno durante la misma media entrada.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Cómo se usa: bat around in + inning (The team batted around in the fourth inning.)

Expresiones frecuentes: bat around once, bat around again, bat around early

volver a batear el primero

En béisbol, volver a batear el primero después de todos sus compañeros, dentro de la misma media entrada.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bat around in + inning (They batted around in the sixth inning.)

Expresiones frecuentes: bat around twice, bat around again, bat around in something

ir de acá para allá

Moverse rápidamente de un lugar a otro.

En inglés sencillo: 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?

Cómo se usa: bat around + place (She spent the morning batting around town.)

Sinónimos: dash about, rush around

Expresiones frecuentes: bat around town, bat around all day, bat around the city

holgazanear, vaguear

Pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada o casi nada útil.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: loaf, idle, laze around

Antónimos: work

Expresiones frecuentes: bat around aimlessly, bat around all day, just bat around