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Definition 2024
play_ball
play ball
See also: playball
English
Verb
play ball (third-person singular simple present plays ball, present participle playing ball, simple past and past participle played ball)
- (idiomatic) To start anything tumultuous.
- (idiomatic) To work together; to cooperate.
- The politicians refused to play ball with the journalists.
- (baseball, softball) An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball, or softball.