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baton

გამოთქმა: /ˈbat(ə)n/

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Universal
  • a short stick or something resembling one, in particular:
  • a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.
  • Athletics a short stick or tube passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
  • a long stick carried and twirled by a drum major.
  • a police officer’s truncheon.
  • a staff of office or authority, especially one carried by a field marshal.
  • Heraldry a narrow bend truncated at each end.
  • a short bar replacing some figures on the dial of a clock or watch.
  • (batons) one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to wands in others.

pass (on) the baton

hand over a particular duty or responsibility: the technique allows us to pass the baton to the next generation

take up (or pick up) the baton

accept a particular duty or responsibility: it was left to the capital’s campuses to take up the baton

under the baton of

(of an orchestra or choir) conducted by:the contract also allows for the orchestra to record under the baton of Sir Edward Downes

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