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单词 to take up the ball
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to take up the ball
h. to take up the ball: to take one's turn in conversation; (also) to take the initiative.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate
to take the speech1612
to take the floor1804
to get or obtain the floor1816
to take up the ball1873
1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Parisians II. v. iii. 142 The Duchesse..took up the ball of the conversation.
1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 168 Louder Rosencranz Took up the ball.
2002 Social Stud. Sci. 32 805 A less established political organization..took up the ball, accusing the space centre..of colonial practices.
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