belly up to the bar
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "Allen declines to discuss acquisition plans. . . . Nonetheless, W. Whitley Hawkins, whom Allen recently promoted to president from executive vice-president for marketing, asks the question out loud: "Are we going to belly up to the bar? All Pan Am assets for sale have some appeal to us.""
- ""[T]he congressional committees aren't gonna belly up to the bar and say, 'We authorized this,'" says Scheuer."
- "“When he was going through his impeachment problems, it was the black community that bellied up to the bar,” Mr. Clyburn said."
- ""They're going to have to belly up to the bar and take up these difficult issues," said G. William Hoagland, who served as director of budget and appropriations."
Usage
- American usage