In addition, because House Democrats were cut out of the negotiations over the bill, they don't feel any incentive to play ball.
And they would probably think, as Norm Ornstein noted above, why should they play ball with 2016 coming?
He needs to play ball—and if he does, the YouTube gods will probably smile on him.
That concern is taken off the table, so maybe those 18 will play ball.
Republicans, many beholden to an anti-tax-raising pledge, have never shown willingness to play ball.
"Now, let's play ball and hold this lead, fellows," shouted Copley.
The stranger said to Spread Feather, "I would like to play ball with you."
Study just as you play ball when you are trying to make a place on the team.
She would have gone with them to play ball, but Rosemary held her back.
All right; we'll go out and play ball till time to get the ponies.
"round object," Old English *beal, from or corresponding to Old Norse bollr "ball," from Proto-Germanic *balluz (cf. Old High German ballo, German Ball), from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
Meaning "testicle" is from early 14c. Ball of the foot is from mid-14c. A ball as an object in a sports game is recorded from c.1200; To have the ball "hold the advantage" is from c.1400. To be on the ball is 1912, from sports. Ball-point pen first recorded 1946. Ball of fire when first recorded in 1821 referred to "a glass of brandy;" as "spectacularly successful striver" it is c.1900.
"dancing party," 1630s, from French, from Old French baller "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance," from Greek ballizein "to dance, jump about" (see ballistics). Hence, "very enjoyable time," 1945, American English slang, perhaps back to 1930s in black slang.
ball (bôl)
n.
A spherical object or mass.
A bezoar.
A large pill or bolus.
verb phrase
[fr baseball; the first date refers to the first record of a baseball umpire's call Play ball!]
noun
verb
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