Synonyms of play ball

play ball

phrase

as in cooperate

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end

She refused to play ball with the investigators.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cooperate
• collaborate
• team (up)
• unite
• band (together)
• concert
• make common cause
• join
• pull together
• league
• concur
• conspire
• combine
• hang together
• conjoin
• interface
• affiliate
• ally
• confederate
• connive
• associate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of play ball

Boo your front office too, Braves fans, for not wanting to play ball with Freeman. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Later in the first, Chisholm also threw a potential double-play ball high. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Students are transferring three and four times, pros are trying to play ball against college kids, conflicting court decisions have created a fragmented system, one that no one intended. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Kerr threw 32 pitches, 23 for strikes, and got three groundball outs, a double-play ball, three flyball outs and a foul out. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 26 Sep. 2026