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play ball
Cooperate, as in The opposing attorneys refused to play ball with us . [ Slang ; c. 1900]
Get going, start, as in It's time to get a move on; let's play ball . This usage comes from the baseball umpire's call to start a game. [ Slang ; late 1800s]
Example Sentences
And right now, Putin does not appear to want to play ball.
“I’m going to play ball with you.”
And there’s the whole other theme here where it would appear that Adams was coached by Bove to essentially offer: I’ll really play ball on immigration if you’ll dismiss the cases.
This is a promise from the DOJ that you either play ball and do what we say, or we can put you in jail.
But Ford, a staunch conservative who endorsed Trump’s first stint in the White House, says he would much rather play ball.
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