right off the bat , auch: straight off the bat
off the bat AmE

I did not want to meet his wife right off the bat.

I got down to the real business at hand right off the bat.

That's really all I can think of right off the bat.

He could get me a two picture deal right off the bat.

"You see, right off the bat we have something important in common."

To be sure, he may not have seen it right off the bat.

It's just not the kind of thing you say right off the bat.

So he was saying, what if you hit that right off the bat?

"Not a good sign when you have to say that right off the bat."

Let's clear up a few things right off the bat: This is not about money.

Some of the art explains itself right off the bat.

"I knew right off the bat that they were dead."

That's a very important discussion to have right off the bat.

"Right off the bat, we can put some heat on the other team."

That sounds good, but 20 percent is a lot to give up right off the bat.

I can think of at least three people right off the bat that I've wanted to kill.

So I wanted to correct that right off the bat.

She would have to tend to that right off the bat.

Now I'd better admit to something right off the bat.

I need to establish something right off the bat here.

Way too long of a title and takes away from the movie right off the bat.

I think the key is to be at a high level of intensity right off the bat.

Right off the bat, it became clear how much the little things that have nothing to do with the car itself could influence our decision.

Wright must have felt that way right off the bat.

We should have called her bluff right off the bat.