Idiom
belly up to the bar
Meaning
To commit oneself to a challenge or task; to accept a responsibility; to acknowledge a fact.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is time to belly up to the bar and finish this project.”
“The manager told the team they must belly up to the bar and accept responsibility for the recent budget errors.”
“Faced with the inevitable consequences of his poor decisions, he finally decided to belly up to the bar and address the board of directors directly.”
Examples
simple
“It is time to belly up to the bar and finish this project.”
contextual
“The manager told the team they must belly up to the bar and accept responsibility for the recent budget errors.”
complex
“Faced with the inevitable consequences of his poor decisions, he finally decided to belly up to the bar and address the board of directors directly.”
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