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  it’s your responsibility now; it’s up to you. for example, i’ve done all i can; now the ball’s in your court. this term comes from tennis, where it means it is the opponent’s turn to serve or return the ball, and has been transferred to other activities. [ second half of 1900s ]

• Ball-busting

  ball-busting adjective : thanks to all those ball-busting fans out there noun the sapping or destruction of masculinity; nut-crunching (1970s+) contemporary examples likewise, murdoch and the journal edit page think obama’s old chicago hands are ball-busting geniuses. that journal editorial michael tomasky july 4, 2012 that ball-busting $12 million woman who was the demi moore […]

• Ball-valve thrombus

  ball-valve thrombus ball-valve thrombus n. a ball thrombus intermittently occluding the mitral orifice.

• Ball-wracker

  ball-wracker noun something that is very difficult to accomplish; a herculean task; killer (1950+) someone who -ssigns and monitors extremely difficult tasks: a real ball-buster of a skipper (1970+) an intimidating man; ruffian; enforcer, gorilla: it had been a mistake allowing these two ball-breakers in (1970s+) a woman who saps or negates a man’s masculinity; […]

• Ballad metre

  noun the metre of a ballad stanza

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