Meaning of go to the mats | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C2]

Examples

“I think this omission is largely due to my perception of the place as a view restaurant, a spot less interested in turning out creative and interesting food than filling a south-facing, window-lined room with patrons who will go to the mats for a coveted table with an unobstructed perspective on the glimmering lights of the Lions Gate Bridge, fading to black at its far end as it enters the tree-cloaked causeway of Stanley Park.”

“"He went to the mats," said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the immigration advocacy group America's Voice. "He had the backbone to lead his caucus into a high-stakes, high risk battle. It thrilled progressives. But if the shutdown ends because Democrats blink first, the era of good feeling quickly will be replaced by anger and disappointment."”

“A legal battle over outstanding payments has followed — Chris Cuomo wants the $18 million that remains on his contract, and CNN doesn't want to give it to him — and Mediaite has learned from sources close to the story that he is "going to the mats" to get what he feels is due justice.”

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