also ballgame
( ball games)
1.
Ball games are games that are played with a ball such as tennis, baseball, and football.
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2.
A ball game is a baseball match. ( AM )
I’d still like to go to a ball game.
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3.
You can use ball game to describe any situation or activity, especially one that involves competition. ( JOURNALISM SPOKEN )
Two of his biggest competitors are out of the ball game.
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If you say that a situation is a new ball game , you mean that it is completely different from, or much more difficult than, the previous situation or any situation that you have experienced before.
He finds himself faced with a whole new ball game.
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