go to the wall for

Example Sentences

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Mayo has been a hot head coaching candidate in the past, and Belichick is known to go to the wall for those he really wants to keep.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2023

They frankly could not "go to the wall" for Nixon against impeachment if he clung to his tapes.

From Time Magazine Archive

To let C. P. R. go to the wall for lack of a guarantee would have been unthinkable.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What," I asked, "does she go to the wall for?"

From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel

You are really too good a business man to go to the wall for the want of a little teachableness.

From Analyzing Character by Blackford, Katherine M. H.