go to bat against

go to bat against someone

Fig. to aid someone against someone else. I would be happy to go to bat against Dan. We refused to go to bat against one of our friends.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marieke	mah-REE-kə	Dutch
Iseult	i-SOOLT (English), i-ZOOLT (English), EE-səlt (English)	Arthurian Romance
Saraid	-	Irish
Eoghan	O-in (Irish, Scottish), YO-in (Irish, Scottish)	Irish, Scottish, Irish Mythology
Olav	-	Norwegian, Danish
Suibne	-	Irish