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play ball

verb plays ball · playing ball · played ball

  1. idiomatic To start anything tumultuous.
  2. idiomatic To work together; to cooperate. The politicians refused to play ball with the journalists.
  3. An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball.

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