play ball

See also: playball

English

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Verb

play ball (third-person singular simple present plays ball, present participle playing ball, simple past and past participle 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. (baseball, softball) An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball, or softball.

Translations

to work together; to cooperate — see cooperate

expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball

• Catalan: jugueu (ca)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: au jeu