play ball (with (someone))

to agree to do something the way someone else wants you to.

Critics say the agency has been pressured to play ball with drug companies.

Related vocabulary: play along with someone/something, go along with someone/something

Etymology: play ball is said to start a baseball game by the official who controls the game

• puppy love
• pure and simple
• a down and out
• a drawing card
• a dream come true
• a dream ticket
• a drop in the bucket
• a drop in the ocean
• a dry run
• a Dutch treat
• a face as long as a wet week
• a fact of life
• a factory farm
• a fag hag
• a fair shake
• a fair-weather friend
• a fairy godmother
• a fait accompli
• a fallen angel
• a fallen idol
• a fallen woman
• a fall from grace
• a fall guy
• a false alarm
• a false dawn