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hard ball
adjective as in ambitious
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- anxious
- ardent
- aspiring
- avid
- ball of fire
- bent upon
- climbing
- come on
- come on strong
- designing
- desirous
- driving
- eager
- eager beaver
- enterprising
- fireball
- get up and go
- go-getter
- goal-oriented
- high-reaching
- hopeful
- hungry
- industrious
- inspired
- intent
- longing
- power-loving
- purposeful
- pushing
- pushy
- self-starting
- sharp
- soaring
- striving
- thirsty
- vaulting
- zealous
adjective as in enterprising
Weak matches
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Example Sentences
Ajax, it was claimed, had played hard ball, but Antony was as keen for the deal to go through as United were.
From BBC
He said with any other product, supermarkets would "play hard ball on margins" with suppliers.
From BBC
The air in his lungs knotted, sinking to a hard ball in his stomach.
From Slate
"It's still the same hard ball being thrown at you, and it can still catch you all over the body."
From BBC
Could this ruling be hard ball tactics by Warsaw to get the commission to agree the much-needed funds?
From BBC
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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