go to bat
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Turner hit to short right and took his first, and then his second by a wild throw of Winslow, but was trapped between second and third and put out by Stearns. Detroit thus retired without recording a tally, and the University again went to bat."
- "Robinson went to bat for the last time that day in the eighth inning, singling for his fourth straight hit."
- "The fastest way to destroy one's credibility in Ottawa or anywhere else is to go to bat over something frivolous. I recall Dan McKenzie (Winnipeg South Centre) coming to see me with an article he'd picked up that said metrification would result in a ten-hour day. He even had a picture of the new clock."
- "Barb, you have to hang in there kid. […] Two more weeks, maybe three, and we go to bat, Barb."
- "If he had been guided along the path of righteousness and worked hard for honest people, “Ashie” would have been a good man. But he was, indeed, a victim of circumstances in that he went to bat for the wrong side."
- "Among foremen who often “go to bat” for their men, encouraging efficiency brings an improvement in group production norms"