What does play the ball mean?

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play the ball

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

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plays the ball (present, singular) playing the ball (participle, present) played the ball (participle, past) played the ball (past)

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

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