on the ball

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on the ball

Inf. knowledgeable; competent; attentive. (See also have something on the ball.) This guy is really on the ball. If you were on the ball, this wouldn't have happened.

See also: ball

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Then the boys who are bending and watching on the outside, mark them: they are most useful players, the dodgers, who seize on the ball the moment it rolls out from amongst the chargers, and away with it across to the opposite goal. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context He ought to keep his eye on the ball,' said the more practical Sigsbee. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context There was no sound of approaching footsteps--there was a general hush, and then another bang of the mallet on the ball and then a clapping of hands. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context			on purpose on radar on record on sale on say-so on schedule on second thought on shaky ground on short notice on shoulders on side on sight on speaking terms on spec on standby on steroids on tail on tap on target on tenterhooks on the air on the alert on the attack on the average on the back burner on the ball on the bandwagon on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird on the bleeding edge on the blink on the block on the boil on the books on the borderline on the bright side on the brink on the brink of on the bubble on the button on the carpet on the case on the cheap on the contrary on the cusp on the cutting edge on the cutting room floor on the defensive on the dole			on that score on that score on that score on that score On That Side Opposite of Trans on the agenda On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air On the Air on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the alert on the anniversary on the application of one party On the Attack on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the auction block on the average on the average on the back burner on the back burner on the back burner on the back burner on the ball On the Ball City on the bandwagon on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the barrelhead on the basis of a year On the Beach On the Beach On the Beach (disambiguation) on the beam on the beam on the beam on the beam on the bench on the bias on the bird On the bit On the bit On the bit On the bit On the bit on the bleeding edge on the blink on the blink on the blink on the blink on the block on the block on the block

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