bat a thousand

Alternative forms

• bat one thousand

Etymology

From the practice of reckoning the batting average of a hitter in thousandths.

Verb

bat a thousand (third-person singular simple present bats a thousand, present participle batting a thousand, simple past and past participle batted a thousand)

1. (baseball) 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 on each attempt