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hardball
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of HARDBALL
[noncount] chiefly US, informal
1
: baseball
2
: forceful and sometimes dishonest methods used to get something you want（为达目的而采取的）强硬方式，强硬手段 — often used after play常用在play后
- He's not afraid to play political hardball. [=to use tough and perhaps dishonest methods to meet a political goal]他不惜采用强硬的政治手段。
- hardball tactics/politics强硬策略/政治
hardball
noun
hard·ball ˈhärd-ˌbȯl 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Wilde fielded a couple hardball questions during a press conference about the drama involving actors Florence Pugh and Shia LaBeouf that has captivated pop culture movie obsessives for weeks. 
Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022 The Ravens are also playing hardball with second-round pick David Ojabo, who tore his Achilles’ at Michigan’s Pro Day in March. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 John Nimick, a hardball pro in the 1980s, marvels at how the Egyptians have changed squash. New York Times, 4 May 2022 As the above evidence suggests, the youthful Guardians, in their maiden season under their new nickname, are somewhat of a hardball hodgepodge. Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 23 May 2022 But Google is still reportedly asking hardball questions. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2022 Politics is a hardball game, but hampering the care of innocent children is just cruel. orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2022 Predictably, too, the chorus of horror, alarm, and panic over gerrymandering has begun to quiet, now that Democrats have reverted to their ancestral pattern of playing more hardball than Republicans do. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022 But playing real hardball would have looked a bit different. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021 See More
Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022 The Ravens are also playing hardball with second-round pick David Ojabo, who tore his Achilles’ at Michigan’s Pro Day in March. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 John Nimick, a hardball pro in the 1980s, marvels at how the Egyptians have changed squash. New York Times, 4 May 2022 As the above evidence suggests, the youthful Guardians, in their maiden season under their new nickname, are somewhat of a hardball hodgepodge. Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 23 May 2022 But Google is still reportedly asking hardball questions. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2022 Politics is a hardball game, but hampering the care of innocent children is just cruel. orlandosentinel.com, 18 Feb. 2022 Predictably, too, the chorus of horror, alarm, and panic over gerrymandering has begun to quiet, now that Democrats have reverted to their ancestral pattern of playing more hardball than Republicans do. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 11 Feb. 2022 But playing real hardball would have looked a bit different. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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