How to Use step up to the plate in a Sentence

step up to the plate

idiomatic phrase

• This is where the world's politicians must once again step up to the plate.
  — Nils Rokke, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The county opted to step up to the plate and roll the dice for all the marbles.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021
• The strength and patience required to step up to the plate, waiting for the pitch to come.
  — Lonnie G. Bunch Iii, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
• Heineken was first to step up to the plate after news broke of the wild yeast discovery.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2019
• Will any teams in the Mt. Hood Conference step up to the plate against the Cavaliers?
  — oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2022
• Based off the comic book series of the same name, meet the brand new group of heroes who are ready to step up to the plate and change the world.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 7 May 2021
• In American League play, pitchers already do not step up to the plate and hit.
  — NBC News, 24 June 2020
• Vonnegut urged scientists themselves to step up to the plate.
  — Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 10 Nov. 2022
• Waterproof bags had to step up to the plate in late winter rain, snow and/or submerged in our bathtubs.
  — Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2022
• While planting trees can be one of the best ways to capture carbon, companies are trying to find new ways to step up to the plate now.
  — Alexis Benveniste, CNN, 3 May 2021
• This month certain challenges will ask you to step up to the plate and apply yourself and your past experiences to the present moment.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
• But rather than let American oil producers step up to the plate, President Biden is calling on . . .
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Aug. 2021
• Conservative leaders from across America should be scrambling to step up to the plate.
  — Tracey Schirra, National Review, 31 Mar. 2021
• Rather than let American oil producers step up to the plate, the president is calling on our nation’s adversaries.
  — Jakob Puckett, National Review, 3 Aug. 2021
• Jewelry, footwear, and accessory designers also need to step up to the plate and offer more thoughtful options for women sizes 14 and up.
  — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2020
• Many big art film purveyors may also be holding back their biggest 2023 plays for this year’s Cannes Festival: distributors, knowing that, are reluctant to step up to the plate at Berlin.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• When phone lines and cellular networks go down, for instance, ham operators always step up to the plate to assist in emergency situations.
  — Gabrielle Hondorp, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024