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on the ball

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Definitions

  1. Alert, active, or attentive

    Alert, active, or attentive; on top of things.

    • If I had been more on the ball I would have asked when he called me.

  2. Being in control of the ball.

    • ...Rovers were also aided by some poor defending from West Brom, whose lapses at the back undid their excellent work on the ball and condemned Roberto di Matteo's Baggies side to a third straight defeat.

  3. Playing as a midfielder.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA