PLAY HARDBALL WITH (SOMEONE)

Meaning of PLAY HARDBALL WITH (SOMEONE) in English

act strong and agressive about an issue with someone The union representatives have been playing hardball during the contract talks.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HARDBALL — noun Date: circa 1883 baseball , forceful uncompromising methods employed to gain an end
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLAY — I In zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play …
Английский словарь Британика
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARDBALL — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : baseball II. noun : forceful uncompromising methods employed to gain an end played political hardball to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HARDBALL — /hahrd"bawl'/ , n. 1. baseball, as distinguished from softball. 2. play hardball , to act or work aggressively, competitively, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HARDBALL — n. baseball (as opposed to softball)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLAY — I. ˈplā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HARDBALL — noun Date: circa 1883 1. : baseball 2. : forceful uncompromising methods employed to gain an end played political hardball
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAY — noun amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. 2. play ·noun performance on an instrument of music. 3. play ·noun to act on …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HARDBALL — ■ noun N. Amer. 1》 baseball, especially as contrasted with softball. 2》 (often in phr. play ~ ) informal uncompromising …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HARDBALL — [hard.ball] n (ca. 1883) 1: baseball 2: forceful uncompromising methods employed to gain an end "played political ~"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HARDBALL — hardball BrE AmE ˈhɑːd bɔːl ⇨ˈhɑːb- AmE \ ˈhɑːrd- -bɑːl
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARDBALL — / ˈhɑːdbɔːl; NAmE ˈhɑːrd-/ noun ( NAmE ) 1. the game of baseball (when contrasted with softball ) 2. used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HARDBALL — hard ‧ ball /ˈhɑːdbɔːl $ ˈhɑːrdbɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] American English play hardball informal to be very determined to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
HARDBALL — n. & v. US --n. 1 = BASEBALL. 2 sl. uncompromising methods or dealings, esp. in politics (play hardball). --v.tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HARDBALL — n. & v. US n. 1 = BASEBALL. 2 sl. uncompromising methods or dealings, esp. in politics (play hardball). v.tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
HARDBALL — n. & v. US --n. 1. BASEBALL. 2 sl. uncompromising methods or dealings, esp. in politics (play hardball). --v.tr. sl. …
Oxford English vocab
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HARDBALL — If someone plays hardball , they will do anything that is necessary to achieve or get what they want, even …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HARDBALL — If someone plays ~, they will do anything that is necessary to achieve or get what they want, even if …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HARDBALL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB play ▪ Well, we can play hardball , too. ▪ This is playing hardball …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
HARDBALL — [noun] [U] - US for baseballCompare softball.
Cambridge English vocab
PLAY — n. song play chronicle play history play miracle play morality play mumming play mummers' play mystery play Passion play problem …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — Synonyms and related words : ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HARDBALL — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
HARDBALL — noun Hardball is used before these nouns: ↑ tactic
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HARDBALL — • ↑ play hardball
Longman Activator English vocab
PLAY — n. 25B6; verb the children played with toys : AMUSE ONESELF, entertain oneself, enjoy oneself, have fun; relax, occupy oneself, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — v. 1 amuse oneself, frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, caper, sport, have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, disport (oneself), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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