go to the mats
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "I think this omission is largely due to my perception of the place as a view restaurant, a spot less interested in turning out creative and interesting food than filling a south-facing, window-lined room with patrons who will go to the mats for a coveted table with an unobstructed perspective on the glimmering lights of the Lions Gate Bridge, fading to black at its far end as it enters the tree-cloaked causeway of Stanley Park."
- ""He went to the mats," said Frank Sharry, the executive director of the immigration advocacy group America's Voice. "He had the backbone to lead his caucus into a high-stakes, high risk battle. It thrilled progressives. But if the shutdown ends because Democrats blink first, the era of good feeling quickly will be replaced by anger and disappointment.""
- "A legal battle over outstanding payments has followed — Chris Cuomo wants the $18 million that remains on his contract, and CNN doesn't want to give it to him — and Mediaite has learned from sources close to the story that he is "going to the mats" to get what he feels is due justice."