play ball

[play ball] {v. phr.}

1. To begin play in a ball game.

* /When the umpire calls "Play ball," the game begins./

2. {informal} To join in an effort with others; cooperate.

* /To get along during Prohibition, many men felt that they had to play ball with gangsters./

* /A is often good business to play ball with a political machine./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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