Thesaurus results for PLAYING BALL

playing ball

phrase

present participle of play ball

as in cooperating

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end She refused to play ball with the investigators.

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Recent Examples of playing ball The umpires congregated for 15 seconds, and then went back to playing ball. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Joining some teenagers playing ball at a court off Backus Lane, Sandler stayed for a quick game and then posed for pictures with the group. — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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pulling together

Phrase

Local police officers are pulling together to help a comrade in need.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
Leigh famously makes films in a very different manner than most, pulling together his cast and then workshopping them with an outline of where the scenario might head, but with no script.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026