step up to the plate

Meaning: (chieflyUS,idiomatic)Toinitiateaction; to assume ortake a responsibility.Synonyms:volunteer,offer2008June 12, Beth Stackpole, “The IT pro's vacation planner”, inComputerworld‎[1], retrieved17 June 2020:Surround yourself with good people who can reliablystep up to the plateand solve problems when they occur.2013, Janice Gow Pettey,Nonprofit Fundraising Strategy, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN, page207:When you introduce a new and very important issue, you are likely to inspire some of those who have been sitting back tostep up to the plateand take on the new role of promoting ethical practice.2014, Henry Evans, Colm Foster,Step Up, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN, page78:However, every time you fail to do something, you make it harder tostep up to the platefor the next challenge. Think of this ability and willingness to step up as a competency or skill that you can develop over time.2021January 27, Paul Clifton, “What is the future of the RDG?”, inRAIL, issue 923, page44:"There is something in railway people that has encouraged them tostep up to the plate," says Starr.

Examples:

EN: But eventually every player's got to step up to the plate, don't they?
ES: Pero eventualmente cada jugador debe salir a batear, ¿no?
EN: Fortunately for me, the professor is gonna step up to the plate and the school's not gonna press charges.
ES: Por suerte para mí, el profesor hizo su parte y la facultad no presentará cargos.
EN: But you didn't step up to the plate with it.
ES: Pero no has sabido estar a la altura.
EN: When he got sick, I had to just step up to the plate.
ES: Cuando se enfermó, tuve que hacerme cargo.
EN: But I gotta know you're ready to step up to the plate.
ES: Pero tengo que saber si estas listo para el campo.
EN: Maybe you're angry because Weathers didn't step up to the plate and help us out.
ES: Puede que estés enfadada porque Weathers no quiso cooperar con nosotros.
EN: - Time to step up to the plate.
ES: - Ya es hora de probar.
EN: No, I've had my fair share of the good fight. Let someone else step up to the plate.
ES: Bastante he luchado ya, ahora le toca a otros.
EN: The entire executive board is forced to resign after the debacle, leaving the field wide open, for another, new board to step up to the plate, headed by- oh, let's say... you?
ES: Todo el directorio es obligado a renunciar tras la debacle, dejando el campo libre, para que otro nuevo directorio salga a jugar, presidido por... digamos... ¿tú?
EN: Time to step up to the plate.
ES: Tiempo para salir al ruedo.
EN: You've got to step up to the plate, right here.
ES: Ahora te toca a vos.
EN: These Atavus. They're for real, and we'll all gonna be in serious trouble if you don't step up to the plate.
ES: Estos atavus... son reales y vamos a tener un serio problema si no los detenemos.
EN: You want us to step up to the plate or come out swinging or--
ES: Quieres que nos paremos firmes o salgamos...
EN: gone. Tobecompletelyhonest,I Tobecompletelyhonest,I mean, I don't know what I'm mean, I don't know what I'm going to do when it's time to going to do when it's time to step up to the plate for today's
ES: Para ser totalmente sincera, no sé qué voy a hacer cuando llegue el momento en el reto.
EN: step up to the plate for today's challenge.
ES: Simplemente no sé.

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