Idiom
keep the ball rolling
Meaning
To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to keep the ball rolling on this project.”
“After the initial success of the meeting, we must keep the ball rolling to finish the report by Friday.”
“To ensure the momentum of the campaign remains strong, the team must keep the ball rolling through the final weeks of the election.”
Examples
simple
“We need to keep the ball rolling on this project.”
contextual
“After the initial success of the meeting, we must keep the ball rolling to finish the report by Friday.”
complex
“To ensure the momentum of the campaign remains strong, the team must keep the ball rolling through the final weeks of the election.”
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