go to the mat

go to the mat
phrasal
: to engage in a hotly fought usually verbal and ideological struggle

go to the mat with those whose arguments do not seem to me to be sound or fair — Christian Century

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informal vigorously engage in an argument or dispute, typically on behalf of a particular person or cause

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go to the mat
chiefly US informal : to make a lot of effort to do something : to try very hard at something

They went to the mat to protect the program.

She'll go to the mat for you. [=she will do everything she can to help you]

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