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