Idiom
have the ball in one's court
Meaning
Alternative form of the ball is in someone's court.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I sent the email, so now the ball is in your court.”
“We made a final offer to the company, and now the ball is in their court to decide.”
“After the committee presented their comprehensive proposal to the board, the ball was firmly in the directors' court to approve the necessary funding.”
Examples
simple
“I sent the email, so now the ball is in your court.”
contextual
“We made a final offer to the company, and now the ball is in their court to decide.”
complex
“After the committee presented their comprehensive proposal to the board, the ball was firmly in the directors' court to approve the necessary funding.”
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