Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have the ball in one's court

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
have the bal-l in one's -court
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of the ball is in someone's court.

Inflected Forms

has the ball in one's court (present, singular) having the ball in one's court (participle, present) had the ball in one's court (participle, past) had the ball in one's court (past)

Questions

What does have the ball in one's court mean?
Alternative form of the ball is in someone's court.

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