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chongalolo | 10:45 Wed 22nd Dec 2004 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the origin of the phrase "step up to the plate?" I think it means to admit or confess to something.   
  
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It is, as advised, a baseball term. In general usage, it means that someone is ready to take on a challenge, someone who is willing to have a go at something which is perceived as difficult. In close-run baseball games, the final hitters have the most pressure to perform well when they step up to the plate.
Stepping up to the plate (is a baseball term as above).  My impression (not only of taking a bat) is that if someone is said to be 'stepping up to the plate' then they are about to face something that they might consider fearful or pressurised.
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Thanks for all the info.  I obviously had the wrong end of the stick (or bat!). 

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