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BE ON THE BALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does be on the ball mean?
• BE ON THE BALL (verb)
The verb BE ON THE BALL has 1 sense:
1. be well-informed
Familiarity information: BE ON THE BALL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be well-informed
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
be on the ball; be with it; know the score; know what's going on; know what's what
Hypernyms (to "be on the ball" is one way to...):
know (know how to do or perform something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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