If you want this promotion, you're going to have to 'step up to the plate'. [=you will have to improve your work performance to show that you deserve the promotion]
She has a lot 'on her plate' right now. [=she has a lot of things that she has to deal with right now]
He was handed the job 'on a plate'. [=he was given the job without having to do anything to earn it]
(..) Sir. We recovered this from an elevator maintenance vehicle parked in the lower garage. Stolen plates. Must have been how the suspect gained access. This mean anything to you, Mrs. Grey? "You owe me a life." (..)2018 Fifty Shades Freed
(..) - I'm a race car driver. Hey, Taylor. The SUV. I see it. We're being followed. That Dodge? Sawyer ran the plates. They're fake. - Lose him. - Seriously? Seriously. Lose him. (..)2018 Fifty Shades Freed