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Synonyms

have a ball

Idioms  
  1. Enjoy oneself enormously, as in It was a great trip—I had a ball. This idiom uses the noun ball in the sense of “a gala dance.” [Slang; 1920s]


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No matter what or where you're drinking, though, I hope you have a ball.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2023

"For Madeleine every Christmas we had to have a ball under the Christmas tree and every year she had a brand new pair of boots," said her mother.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023

If anyone can unify, meet the challenge of a natural disaster and have a ball while doing it, it’s burners.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2023

All three actors clearly have a ball biting the hand that feeds them, and their fun is infectious.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

For instance, if you have a ball in free fall, it moves in a parabola, while a frictionless spring wobbles back and forth forever, and a spring with friction slowly comes to rest.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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