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Hhtt Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Bat v. batten v. beating hollow v. clobbering
Which of the following senteces are correct, or both correct and idiomatic?
1) We batted the other team on Sunday.
2) We battened the other team on Sunday.
3) We beating hollowed the other team on Sunday.
4) We clobberinged the other team on Sunday
Source: Newbury House.
Thank you.
Top answer
None of them are idiomatic.
- None of them are idiomatic.
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None of them are quite right.
1) To bat is a term used in cricket and baseball meaning to be the player or team that hits the ball rather than throws it.
2) To batten is to fasten or reinforce something with strips of wood or metal.
3) You can say "We beat them hollow" to mean that we thoroughly defeated them.
4) You can say "We cl
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1) We batted against the other team on Sunday. (We played a game with them.)
2) We battened the other team on Sunday. (No, you cannot reinforce the other team with slats of wood. When the storm approached, it looked very strong. We battened down the hatches. )
3) We beat the other team hollow on Sunda
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