do something off your own bat

Related to word: bat

Idiom

Definition

  1. To do something independently and voluntarily, without being asked or instructed by anyone else.

    在沒有任何人的指示或要求下主動去做某事;自行決定做某事

    • He wasn't asked to do so, he contacted the client off his own bat.

      他沒有被要求這麼做,是他自己主動聯繫客戶的。

    • I didn't expect her to decide to help; she did it off her own bat.

      我沒想到她會決定幫忙;她是自願這麼做的。

    • The manager didn’t ask me to write the report, but I did it off my own bat.

      經理沒有要求我寫報告,但我主動寫了。