on the ball
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on the ball
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- Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things. If I had been more on the ball I would have asked when he called me.
- Being in control of the ball. ...Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a third straight defeat.
- Playing as a midfielder.
Talk about this word "on the ball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20ball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. on the ball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20ball "on the ball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20ball.
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@misc{on_the_ball_2026,
title = {on the ball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20ball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
