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Also, keep the ball rolling . Start an undertaking; also, keep an undertaking from flagging. For example, Let's get the ball rolling by putting up some posters , or The hostess kept the ball rolling, talking to each of the guests in turn . This expression originated in one or another sport in which it was important to keep a ball moving. [ Colloquial ; late 1700s] Also see get the show on the road .

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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