Usually means: Start or engage in activity.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. play ball: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. play ball: Merriam-Webster
  3. play ball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. play ball: Collins English Dictionary
  5. play ball: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. play ball: Wiktionary
  7. play ball: Dictionary.com
  8. Play Ball (film), Play Ball (manga), Play Ball (serial), Play Ball (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. play ball: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play ball: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  2. play ball: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (play ball)

verb:  (idiomatic) To start anything tumultuous.
verb:  (idiomatic) To work together; to cooperate.
verb:  (baseball, softball) An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball or softball.

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