off one's own bat

English

Alternative forms

off one's own back (chiefly or originally erroneous)

Prepositional phrase

off one's own bat

(idiomatic) At one's own instigation.
My boss didn't tell me to reorganize the filing system; I did it off my own bat.

Translations

Translations

German: auf eigene Faust (de) (literally “on one's own fist”)

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