go to bat for
Example Sentences
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You should also think of him as a champion of children who now know that they aren’t alone, and that they have people who will go to bat for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
Most job seekers don’t have someone like Fife to go to bat for them—not until they get through an initial screening, anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
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
