“baton” in “drop the baton” refers to, not the music conductor’s baton, a slender stick or the policeman’s baton, a fatter rod that he wields in his hand and which he hits offenders with, but to the light hollow cylinder that a runner pass on to a teammate in a relay race...
“baton” in “drop the baton” refers to, not the music conductor’s baton, a slender stick or the policeman’s baton, a fatter rod that he wields in his hand and which he hits offenders with, but to the light hollow cylinder that a runner pass on to a teammate in a relay race...