bat a thousand
verbEtymology From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent).
1
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To reach first base on every at-bat.
2
Idiomatic To achieve success at each attempt.
- He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss.
3
Idiomatic To achieve perfection.
- No one can bat a thousand for the whole season.
4
Idiomatic To have identical outcomes with each attempt.
- Synonyms
- go, be two for two
- Related terms
- bat five hundred