go to bat
idiom
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
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.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
Defenders, meanwhile, will go to bat for bitcoin like their lives depended on it.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
The agency representing Scarlett Johansson was quick to go to bat for the actress.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 July 2021
On Wednesday night, Pence will once again go to bat for Trump in a debate with the woman vying for Pence’s job, California senator Kamala Harris.
—Isaac Schorr, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
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
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
Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2021
Defenders, meanwhile, will go to bat for bitcoin like their lives depended on it.
—Lawrence Wintermeyer, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
The agency representing Scarlett Johansson was quick to go to bat for the actress.
—Jacob Siegal, BGR, 30 July 2021
On Wednesday night, Pence will once again go to bat for Trump in a debate with the woman vying for Pence’s job, California senator Kamala Harris.
—Isaac Schorr, National Review, 7 Oct. 2020
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
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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