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get the ball rolling

get the ball rolling or set the ball rolling or start the ball rolling {informal}

To start an activity or action; make a beginning; begin.

George started the ball rolling at the party by telling a new joke.

Compare: KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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ball

[ball] See: [BASE ON BALLS], [CARRY THE BALL], [FLY BALL], [FOUL BALL], [GET THE BALL ROLLING], [SET THE BALL ROLLING], [START THE BALL ROLLING], [GOPHER BALL], [GROUND BALL], [HAVE A […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

keep the ball rolling

[keep the ball rolling] {v. phr.}, {informal} To keep up an activity or action; not allow something that is happening to slow or stop. * /Clyde kept the ball rolling […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

start the ball rolling

[start the ball rolling] See: [GET THE BALL ROLLING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

set the ball rolling

[set the ball rolling] See: [GET THE BALL ROLLING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms