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BE ON THE BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does be on the ball mean? 

BE ON THE BALL (verb)
  The verb BE ON THE BALL has 1 sense:

1. be well-informedplay

  Familiarity information: BE ON THE BALL used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BE ON THE BALL (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be well-informed

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

be on the ball; be with it; know the score; know what's going on; know what's what

Hypernyms (to "be on the ball" is one way to...):

know (know how to do or perform something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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