打って出る

うってでる【打って出る】

sally

|自|(篭城(^{ろう/じょう})兵などが)打って出る， 〔…に〕反撃する(out)〔against〕.

¶選挙に～

stand as a candidate 候補者として立つ.

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うってでる【打って出る】

〔戦場に〕 make a sortie [sally]; sally out [《文》 forth]; 〔正面に〕 come [step] forward; 〔選挙などに〕 put oneself forward 《as a candidate》; declare oneself a candidate 《for a seat on the Board of Directors》; be in the ring for 《the mayoralty》; run [make a bid] for 《the presidency》; launch oneself 《as…》; 《英》 stand for 《Parliament》; 〔業界などに〕 make one's debut.

●政界に打って出る embark [enter] on a political career

・文壇に打って出る make one's debut in the literary world [world of letters].

●東京都知事選挙に打って出た. She is [has put her hat] in the ring for the governorship of Tokyo.