Does the "bat down" in "Clark County Dist. Atty. David Roger tried to bat down a number of Galanter's arguments" mean that he made such remarks that weakened and made invalid Galanter's arguments?
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Yes. He tried to refute Galanter's arguments.
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Yes.
He tried to refute Galanter's arguments.
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