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on the ball
idiom
C1
If you are on the ball, you are be quick to understand and react to things:
I didn't sleep well last night and I'm not really on the ball today.我昨晚没有睡好，所以今天反应迟钝。
In football, American football, and basketball, if you are on the ball, you have control of it:
She looks so comfortable when she's on the ball.
Their strategy is to immediately press the player on the ball.
He's a good cornerback and can make plays on the ball.
The coaches teach both on the ball and off the ball defence.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Aware
abreast
acquainted
alive
alive to somethingidiom
awakening
genned up
have/keep your finger on the pulseidiom
hyper-aware
hyper-awareness
hyper-conscious
omniscient
omnisciently
on the insideidiom
over-informed
overeducated
perceive
profound
pulse
with it
wonky
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Football/soccer
on the ball | American Dictionary
on the ball
idiom
aware of any changes or developments and quick to react to them:
We need someone who’s really on the ball to answer questions from the press.
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