the ball rolling
1get the ball rolling — or[set the ball rolling] or[start the ball rolling] {informal} To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin. * /George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke./ Compare: KEEP THE BALL ROLLING …
2get the ball rolling — or[set the ball rolling] or[start the ball rolling] {informal} To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin. * /George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke./ Compare: KEEP THE BALL ROLLING …
3set the ball rolling — See: GET THE BALL ROLLING …
4start the ball rolling — See: GET THE BALL ROLLING …
5set the ball rolling — See: GET THE BALL ROLLING …
6start the ball rolling — See: GET THE BALL ROLLING …
7keep the ball rolling — phrasal : to give continued impetus or momentum to an activity already in progress when the conversation began to lag, the host always kept the ball rolling by introducing a new topic of common interest without seeming to have done it purposely * …
8start the ball rolling — phrasal see get the ball rolling * * * get/set/start/the ball rolling phrase to make something start happening There are several things we should discuss. Who’d like to start the ball rolling? Thesaurus: to make something start to exist or happen …
9get the ball rolling — phrasal or start the ball rolling : to initiate an activity usually to be engaged in by two or more people hesitant to begin the teacher started the ball rolling by posing a large general question on which all were sure to have an opinion * * *… …
10get\ the\ ball\ rolling — • get the ball rolling • set the ball rolling • start the ball rolling informal To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin. George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke. Compare: keep the ball rolling …
