ball up
Example Sentences
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He is good in the air, he can hold the ball up well, he can defend and he can finish.
From BBC
He hit superb lines, either hitting the ball up bravely into the heart of Wales defence or acting as a decoy, and worked instinctively with Northampton team-mate Fraser Dingwall inside him at 12.
From BBC
I ball up the paper and tear out a new sheet.
From Literature
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They did not hold enough balls up, or give enough options in behind.
From BBC
"Obviously it starts on defense. We played faster, we didn't walk the ball up. At the end of fourth and overtime we executed."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.