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come to bat

verb

Definitions

  1. To have one's turn at bat.

  2. To argue in defense of.

    • Unfortunately, if anybody above [the manager] or around her cared, they didn't come to bat for me.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA