Speakur

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play the ball, not the man

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
play the bal-l, not the -man
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of play the ball and not the man.

Inflected Forms

plays the ball, not the man (present, singular) playing the ball, not the man (participle, present) played the ball, not the man (participle, past) played the ball, not the man (past)

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What does play the ball, not the man mean?
Alternative form of play the ball and not the man.

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