baton

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baton
[ˈbætən]
sustantivo
1testigo (m) (in relay race); batuta (f) (of conductor); porra (f) (of policeman) (británico)
  • baton charge -> carga (f) con porras

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baton [ba-ton]
sustantivo
1Bastón (truncheon), testigo (in relay race), bastón de mando (officer’s) (GB), bastón (drum’s major).
2(Mús.) Batuta.
sustantivo
va. Bastonear, golpear con un bastó

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baton [ˈbætən] ?
noun
(Mús) batuta; (f) (Mil) bastón; (m) [of policeman] porra; (f) (in race) testigo; (m)
to hand on pass the baton to sbor entregar el testigo a algn
Having passed on the baton of organising the London Marathon to others last year, Chris Brasher, the founder of the race, had time to enjoy the spectacle from the roadside yesterday The Fulton speech was arguably the moment when Britain passed the baton of Western leadership to the United States Does this mean that the baton of leadership is going to be passed to other nations?
to pick up the baton recoger el testigo
Picking up the baton of the first great engineers, he carried their science forward into a modern age ...the way Tony Blair has picked up the baton and continued to build on the foundation John Smith laid
modifier
baton charge (n) carga con bastones; (f)
baton round (n) bala de goma; (f)

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