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NEW BALLGAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does new ballgame mean?
• NEW BALLGAME (noun)
The noun NEW BALLGAME has 1 sense:
1. a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
Familiarity information: NEW BALLGAME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
ballgame; new ballgame
Context example:
HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame
Hypernyms ("new ballgame" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
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