Meaning of go to bat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To be the individual or team that is currently batting; to play offense.
2. To be aggressive, to be assertive, to actively pursue a goal or action.
   figuratively
3. To champion, to actively assist, to provide support (for someone).
   idiomatic, usually

Examples

“Turner hit to short right and took his first, and then his second by a wild throw of Winslow, but was trapped between second and third and put out by Stearns. Detroit thus retired without recording a tally, and the University again went to bat.”

“Robinson went to bat for the last time that day in the eighth inning, singling for his fourth straight hit.”

“The fastest way to destroy one's credibility in Ottawa or anywhere else is to go to bat over something frivolous. I recall Dan McKenzie (Winnipeg South Centre) coming to see me with an article he'd picked up that said metrification would result in a ten-hour day. He even had a picture of the new clock.”

“Barb, you have to hang in there kid. […] Two more weeks, maybe three, and we go to bat, Barb.”

“If he had been guided along the path of righteousness and worked hard for honest people, “Ashie” would have been a good man. But he was, indeed, a victim of circumstances in that he went to bat for the wrong side.”

“Among foremen who often “go to bat” for their men, encouraging efficiency brings an improvement in group production norms”

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