go to bat
idiom
baseball
: to be the player or team that is batting
The visiting team goes to bat first.
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Game 4 was a perfect example of why the Warriors go to bat for and battle with Green, as Kerr said earlier last week.
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Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2023
And by early 2022, Ms. Greene had begun to believe that Mr. McCarthy was willing to go to bat for her.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
Meanwhile, Melanie Lynskey’s, Zendaya’s, and Jean Smart’s formidable respective hives are ready to go to bat for their queen.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 12 July 2022
Anchorage needs board members that understand the magnitude of the problem and who will go to bat for Anchorage schools.
—Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
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Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2023
And by early 2022, Ms. Greene had begun to believe that Mr. McCarthy was willing to go to bat for her.
—Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2023
Meanwhile, Melanie Lynskey’s, Zendaya’s, and Jean Smart’s formidable respective hives are ready to go to bat for their queen.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 12 July 2022
Anchorage needs board members that understand the magnitude of the problem and who will go to bat for Anchorage schools.
—Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2022
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“Go to bat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20to%20bat. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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