new ball game
nounInformal.
a new or changed situation: Once we're out of debt it'll be a whole new ball game.
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How to use new ball game in a sentence
Parenting a kid that can get from place to place under his own steam is a whole new ballgame.
Kids Eat the Darndest Things: Laundry Pods, Teething Necklaces, and More Of The Weirdest Stuff Sending Kids to the E.R. | Russell Saunders | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's a whole new ballgame in the U.S. I cannot think of a more irresponsible way of running the U.S. government.
Senate Hearing to Push for Guantánamo Closure, Plan to Move Detainees | Miranda Green | July 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Republicans would at least know they were in a new ballgame and be forced to change their game plan.
Other Idioms and Phrases with new ball game
new ball game
see whole new ballgame.
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