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Two baseball idioms, first, step up to
the plate. Now a baseball player has to
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step up to the plate to get ready
to do his thing, to take his turn,
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swinging the bat. So when we say “step up to
the plate” it means, rise to the occasion,
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come do this thing that we need you to
do. It's often shortened to just ‘step up’.
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In times of crisis true leaders step
up and guide us towards a better tomorrow.
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Next up, “Swing for the fences.” In baseball,
this refers for trying to hit a home run,
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going all in, putting in all your effort and
focus to try to score points. As an idiom,
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that means to try something really big
with the potential big payoff. For example,
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“I'm applying to a bunch of schools, including
Harvard, because why not swing for the fences?”
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