ball up
verb
balled up;
balling up;
balls up
Definition of ball up
: to become badly muddled or confused
Examples of ball up in a Sentence
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Schwarber, a Middletown, Ohio, native, said he was focused on hitting the ball up the middle. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Cincinnati Reds offense goes quiet after 1st inning, lose on walk-off hit to Chicago Cubs," 17 July 2019 But Alex Morgan played a nice ball up the right side to Tobin Heath, who slid a pass across the field. — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, "World Cup: Megan Rapinoe does her talking with feet, scoring twice to lead USWNT to semis," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ball up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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