Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the ball and run with it

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables
take the bal-l and run with- it
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To continue working on something that someone else started, especially when one does so efficiently and successfully.

Inflected Forms

takes the ball and runs with it (present, singular) taking the ball and running with it (participle, present) took the ball and ran with it (past) taken the ball and run with it (participle, past) pick up the ball and run with it (alternative)

Questions

What does take the ball and run with it mean?
To continue working on something that someone else started, especially when one does so efficiently and successfully.

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