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on the ball

Being in control of the ball.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'on the ball':

on the ballAlert, active, or attentive; on top of things.
On the BallWell informed, alert, attentive, aware, competent
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having a ballwait for the ball to dropthe ball is in someone's courtif there's grass on the pitch, play balltake one's eye off the ballkeep one's eye on the ballthat's the way the ball bouncesbehind the eight-ballkeep your eye on the balltake one's ball and go homeplay ballget the ball rollingthe ball is in your courtkeep one's eye on the ball

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