go to bat | Idiomator

Meaning: (baseball)To be theindividualorteamthat is currentlybatting; to playoffense.1875June, University of Michigan, “Various Topics”, inThe Chronicle, page201: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 againwent to bat.1968December, A.S. Young, “Jackie Opens the Door — Wide!”, inEbony, page136:Robinsonwent to batfor the last time that day in the eighth inning, singling for his fourth straight hit.; (figurative)To beaggressive, to beassertive, toactivelypursueagoaloraction.1980, Jack Horner,My Own Brand, page96:The fastest way to destroy one's credibility in Ottawa or anywhere else is togo to batover 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.1995, Tom Clancy,Debt of Honor, page249:Barb, you have to hang in there kid.[…]Two more weeks, maybe three, and wego to bat, Barb.; (idiomatic,usually withfor)Tochampion, to activelyassist, to providesupport(for someone).1955, Edwin Strickland, Gene Wortsman,Phenix City, page172: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 hewent to batfor the wrong side.1968, Maneck Wadia,Management and the Behavioral Sciences, page187:Among foremen who often “go to bat” for their men, encouraging efficiency brings an improvement in group production norms

Examples:

EN: Let her go to bat with a libel suit and see what she collects.
ES: Déjala que nos demande y veamos qué saca.
EN: I go to bat for Vanning and I get paid off by taking the rap for him.
ES: Yo bateo por Vanning y me pagan por ir a la cárcel por él.
EN: I said to you that if you ever started helping yourself I'd be the first one to go to bat for you.
ES: Yo dije una vez que si empezaba a ayudarse a sí misma yo sería el primero en ayudarla.
EN: If I hadn't been late, you wouldn't have had to go to bat for me.
ES: Si no llegaba tarde, no tendrías que cubrirme.
EN: You're gonna go to bat for that jerk after he's been horsing you?
ES: ¿Le defiendes, aunque te la esté jugando?
EN: I spoke to Mercer about another crack at Kelly. He said he'd go to bat for you.
ES: Hablé con Mercer sobre darte otra oportunidad en Kelly.
EN: I'll go to bat for him anytime.
ES: Yo le defenderé.
EN: I'm callin' it the Greenwich Village Gaieties... and I go to bat as soon as I get my hands on a few incidentals.
ES: Lo llamaré Las alegrías de Greenwich Village... y lo montaré en cuanto resuelva algunos detalles.
EN: Didn't even go to bat.
ES: Ni siquiera he bateado.
EN: But he'd really go to bat for you if you got into a jam wouldn't he?
ES: Pero te ayudaría si te metieses en un lío, ¿verdad?
EN: Well, I can't go to bat unless I feel everybody's rooting for me.
ES: No puedo salir a luchar a menos que haya alguien defendiéndome.
EN: You shag flies in a hot sun all your life but you never go to bat.
ES: Pelusa que vuela en un sol caliente toda la vida y nunca llega al bate.
EN: Trust me, I'll go to bat for you.
ES: Confía en mí, te apoyaré en esto.
EN: oh, yeah. Gee, I can't go to bat for my brother looking like a nukka, can I?
ES: Oh, sí, no puedo salir de parranda con mi hermano viéndome como una "nukka"
EN: -Who go to bat
ES: - A los que pasan a la acción

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