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ball up

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ball someone or something up
to interfere with someone or something; to mess someone or something up. Who balled this television up? Someone balled up the television.
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ball something up

to roll something up into a ball. (Alluding to something, such as rope, being tangled up and so useless.) She balled the clay up and stuck it to the clown's face as a nose. Why are you balling up the paper?
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Before you begin, then, it's especially important to remember good form: your back should be straight and your knees bent, especially when picking the ball up from the floor.
Today, the course managers are offering a free ice-cream cone to anyone who can putt the ball up and over the slope with just one stroke.
When a ball rebounds off the fence to the outfielder's throwing side, he should run to the ball, step past it with his right foot (right-hand thrower), and pick the ball up with his bare hand.
 
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