new ball

new ball
a) A cricket ball never previously used in a match; a replacement new cricket ball taken by the captain of the bowling side at certain specified times during an innings.
b) Any of a set of replacement tennis balls issued at specified times in the professional game.

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  • new ball game — n. Informal. a new or changed situation: The microcomputer created a new ball game in the field of data analysis. Once we re out of debt it ll be a whole new ball game. * * * …   Universalium

  • new ball game — n. Informal. a new or changed situation: The microcomputer created a new ball game in the field of data analysis. Once we re out of debt it ll be a whole new ball game …   Useful english dictionary

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  • whole new ball game —    If something s a whole new ball game, it is completely new or different.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To refer to something as a whole new ball game means that it is a completely different situation due to a new set of circumstances …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • a whole new ball game — a different ball game or a whole new ball game a situation that is completely different from what has happened before I m working in management now, which is a whole new ball game …   English dictionary

  • whole new ball game — If something s a whole new ball game, it is completely new or different …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • whole new ball game — n. a completely different situation; something completely different. □ Now that you’re here, it’s a whole new ball game. □ With a faster computer, it’s a whole new ball game …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • (a) (whole) new ball game — a (whole) different/new ˈball game idiom (informal) a completely different kind of situation • Camping in summer is fun, but in winter it s a whole different ball game. Main entry: ↑ball gameidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • second new ball — noun a second replacement new ball …   Wiktionary

  • (a) whole new ball game — a completely different situation, often one which is difficult or which you know very little about. We d done a lot of climbing in Scotland, but the Himalayas were a whole new ball game …   New idioms dictionary

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