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take to the mat

to confront or argue hard for something or until someone wins; all these ways are proper ways to use the phrase: To take someone or something to the mat or to go to the mat for something

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  • from wrestling where to fight harder you take someone literally down onto the mat of the wrestling ring where they are more easily pinned to win the fight
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She said she would take congress to the mat to make sure our constitutional rights are preserved

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Submitted by TriplePurple on December 13, 2023

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