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Collocations for bat - noun

1. in games

ADJECTIVE

baseball, cricket, table-tennis (BrE) (Ping-Pong™ paddle in AmE)
aluminium (BrE), aluminum (AmE), wooden
left-handed, right-handed

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VERB + bat

grip, hold
carry
swing
wield

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2. small flying animal

ADJECTIVE

fruit, vampire, etc.

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bat + VERB

flutter, fly
hang, roost
bats hanging upside down
squeak

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Collocations for bat - verb

VERB + bat

go in to (BrE), go to (AmE), put sb in to
Hick went in to bat after Hussain.
He went to bat, two runs down, with his team about to lose.
India won the toss and put England in to bat.
She really went to bat for me (= supported me).

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PREPOSITION

for (BrE)
Smith was first to bat for Warwickshire.

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Bat is used with these nouns as the object:
ball, eyelash

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