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noun Informal.
a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
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Words nearby new ball game

Newark, Newark Bay, New Atlantis, New Australia, New Australian, new ball game, New Bedford, Newberg, New Berlin, New Bern, Newbery
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Words related to new ball game

cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, disorder, disruption, disturbance, eruption, explosion, ferment, outbreak, revolution, shakeout, temblor, tremor, tumult, turmoil, about-face, alteration, clamor, commotion

How to use new ball game in a sentence

  • Mocking America in person, to its collective face, is a whole new ball game—and one without much precedent.

    Brit Wits Bash America|Sean Macaulay|February 17, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Other Idioms and Phrases with new ball game

new ballgame

see whole new ballgame.

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