go to bat for
Example Sentences
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O’Neill, who is set to join the London-based company from Australia’s Woodside Energy WDS -2.65%decrease; red down pointing triangle in April, is a dealmaker who is willing to go to bat for the oil-and-gas business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Yes, Philadelphians and Pennsylvanians will almost always go to bat for one their own—one of the big upsides for Harris if she chose Shapiro.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2024
You were very experienced before taking over “Tonight,” but Lorne Michaels still had to go to bat for you.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
And by early 2022, Ms. Greene had begun to believe that Mr. McCarthy was willing to go to bat for her.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023
“But if you want someone to go to bat for you, she’s the one.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
