go to bat

phrase

baseball

: to be the player or team that is batting

The visiting team goes to bat first.

Examples of go to bat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Game 4 was a perfect example of why the Warriors go to bat for and battle with Green, as Kerr said earlier last week. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 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

Europhile film geeks will likely go to bat for Mia Hansen-Løve’s meta Bergman Island, the best thing to happen to Fårö since grain bowls. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021

Rhymes for go to bat

• acrobat
• autocrat
• automat
• bundesrat
• bureaucrat
• butterfat
• caveat
• chemostat
• copycat
• cryostat
• democrat
• diplomat