to go to the plate

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• step up to the plate — To accept a burden or responsibility • • • Main Entry: ↑plate * * * step up to the plate phrase to take responsibility for doing something, even though it is difficult It’s time they stepped up to the plate and took responsibility for their… …   Useful english dictionary

• step up to the plate — to take responsibility for doing something. It is time companies stepped up to the plate and made sure the meat they sell is safe to eat. Related vocabulary: step in Etymology: based on the baseball meaning of step up to the plate (= move into… …   New idioms dictionary

• step up to the plate — If someone steps up to the plate, they take on or accept a challenge or a responsibility …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• step up to the plate — verb To initiate action; to assume a responsibility. Surround yourself with good people who can reliably step up to the plate and solve problems when they occur …   Wiktionary

• step up to the plate —    If someone steps up to the plate, they take on or accept a challenge or a responsibility.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• step up to the plate — do your best, take action, take your turn    Pedro said, It s time for me to act. It s time to step up to the plate …   English idioms

• step up to the plate — to take responsibility for doing something, even though it is difficult It s time they stepped up to the plate and took responsibility for their actions …   English dictionary

• Blocking the plate — In baseball, blocking the plate is a common technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring. The act of blocking the plate accounts for most of the physical contact in baseball.By the rules of baseball, a runner has the right to …   Wikipedia

• Pass the Plate — Infobox Television show name = Pass the Plate caption = Brenda Song format = camera = Multi camera runtime = 3 5 minutes executive producer = Brenda Song Danny Kallis starring = Brenda Song opentheme = country = USA language = English network =… …   Wikipedia

• spin the plate — spin the plate, spin the platter spin the platter . a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plate tectonics — plate tectonic, adj. Geol. a theory of global tectonics in which the lithosphere is divided into a number of crustal plates, each of which moves on the plastic asthenosphere more or less independently to collide with, slide under, or move past… …   Universalium