hardball
Use Hardball in a sentence
noun
1.
baseball, as distinguished from softball.
adjective
Idioms 2.
tough or ruthless: He wasn't ready for the hardball politics of Washington.
3.
outspoken, challenging, or difficult: Reporters asked the president some hardball questions.
4.
play hardball, to act or work aggressively, competitively, or ruthlessly, as in business or politics.
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hardball (ˈhɑːdbɔːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (US), (Canadian) baseball as distinct from softball |
| 2. | informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) play hardball to act in a ruthless or uncompromising way |
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Hardball
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Example sentences
He is seen as a scrappy, tough trader type who knows how to play hardball in the often brutal world of distressed debt.
They did not initiate this game of hardball, they say, but they are happy to play it.
But it's during the commercial break that the real hardball begins.
In order to get him to relent, the publisher had to both pay a premium price and play a little hardball.
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