Examples of 'go to bat' in a sentence

Meaning of "go to bat"

This phrase is used metaphorically in sports, meaning to take action or assume responsibility for a certain task or situation. It refers to the act of stepping up to the plate to face a challenge or to support someone or something
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  • Be the individual or team that is currently batting; play offense.
  • Be aggressive, be assertive, actively pursue a goal or action.
  • Champion, actively assist, provide support (for someone).

How to use "go to bat" in a sentence

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You do not wanna go to bat on this one.
Tell your boss you want to go to bat.
I will go to bat for him anytime.
Some people willing to go to bat for him.
I can not go to bat for you on some hunch.
I do not think the superintendant will go to bat.
I really want to go to bat for elisa.
We go to bat for our clients so they do not have to.
You will not even go to bat for me.
You go to bat for him.
Hispanics need you to go to bat for them.
Just go to bat for them.
Of all the people to go to bat for.
I will go to bat for you.
I guess that professor really did go to bat for you.

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I would go to bat for you.
Or lose the only angel who would go to bat for me.
We will go to bat for that.
To directly incriminate for us to go to bat.
I really had to go to bat for her.
You can go to bat against this guy another time.
We are going to go to bat for him.
I will go to bat for any of my team under those circumstances.
Good bosses regularly go to bat for their employees.
We go to bat for our clients.
They are less inclined to go to bat now that there is evidence.
To go to bat for firefighters.
You had to go to bat for me.
These people are trained to hunt and will go to bat for you.
I am happy to go to bat for you again.
We can help you understand the process and go to bat for you.
You gotta go to bat for me.
But he does not exactly have a lot of friends that would go to bat for him.
I am gonna go to bat for him.
You shag flies in a hot sun all your life but you never go to bat.
You always go to bat for us.
You know the game better than most and I will always go to bat for you.
Is going to go to bat for you.
I go to bat for Vanning and I get paid off by taking the rap for him.
I was just surprised he did not go to bat for her getting the job.
Let her go to bat with a libel suit and see what she collects.
Did not even go to bat.
And he will go to bat for any one of you all kids.
They told her that they were gonna go to bat for her and.
Who go to bat.
People are much more accepting and are willing to go to bat for you nowadays.
They are less inclined to go to bat for us now that there is actual evidence.
Our Stuart white collar crime lawyers are ready to go to bat for you today.
Chuck is not gonna go to bat for me after what happened in Miami.
You need to get the Service Manager to go to bat for you.

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That lucky bat stuff is a bunch of malarkey
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