carry the ball
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To lead in terms of responsibility, initiative, or progress.
Example Sentences
- "A gay man in Fitzwilliam, NH, singlehandedly organized a group called Monadnock Area Gays, which provided weekly socials, but when he moved some 25 miles to the northwest, there was no one left behind to carry the ball."
- "What is perhaps embarrassing to gay men is that women are making honest, gritty statements — carrying the balls, as it were — and producing very interesting gay writing, gay music, gay films, gay politics as (gulp) Lesbians."