go to bat for

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to give sb help and support

   I'll go to bat for him anytime.

In the movies · 3

• We went to bat for you. Now you won't play ball with us.The Apartment1960
• They went to bat for me.Front of the Class2008
• I'll go to bat for him anytime.Saboteur1942
• And l want you to know that tomorrow, the city of New York is going to go to bat for you.The Taking of Pelham 1232009
• Nervous, gangly, barely able to hold the pine, Little advances to the box. He's going to bat from the right.Chicken Little2005
• Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates?Come from Away2021
• Your detective told you he couldn't come right back because he was going to question Norman Bates' mother, right?Psycho1960
• - Come on. Give me one little peek, we'll go to the batting cages. - No.Good Will Hunting1997

Learn it in full scenes

• The Apartment1960
  • Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights
  • Sheldrake Grills Baxter About the Key
  • Baxter Meets Fran at the Theatre
• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's
• Come from Away2021
  • Gander Learns of the Emergency
  • Planes Land Unexpectedly in Gander
  • Gander Declares a State of Emergency

From the same entry

• like a bat out of hell
• off your own bat
• blind as a bat
• right off the bat
• bat your eyes
• bat a thousand
• not bat an eyelid
• bat around