BALL WITH, PLAYING

(slang) working with; doing business with. This expression first alluded to the necessity for each member of a ball team (baseball or football) to work together with all other members in all possible ways during any game in order to play most effectively and then extended in social and commercial usage in the 1920s. —PTS-SP Approved Glossary

(slang) working with; doing business with. Used figuratively in this lecture. You mean you're going to let everybody out there rot while you have a marvelous time playing ball with this 20?

(slang) working with; doing business with. This expression first alluded to the necessity for each member of a ball team (baseball or football) to work together with all other members in all possible ways during any game in order to play most effectively and then extended in social and commercial usage in the 1920s. (slang) working with; doing business with. Used figuratively in this lecture.