Meaning of go to the mattresses | Babel Free
Definitions
To go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.
idiomatic
Examples
“I want Sollozzo. If not, it's all-out war. We'll go to the mattresses.”
“They will have to go to the mattresses; that is they will have to risk a long ugly strike.”
“Now, when you're fighting Republicans . . . Democrats are all rallied around and ready to go ahead and go to the mattresses.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.