Usually means: Fight with determination and persistence.
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  1. go to the mat: Merriam-Webster
  2. go to the mat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. go to the mat: Wiktionary
  4. go to the mat: Dictionary.com
  5. go to the mat: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. go to the mat: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (go to the mat)

verb:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) To continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.

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