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carries the ball

carries the ball is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry the ball.

Meaning of carry the ball

Verb

carry the ball (third-person singular simple present carries the ball, present participle carrying the ball, simple past and past participle carried the ball)

  1. (idiomatic) To lead in terms of responsibility, initiative, or progress.
    • A gay man in Fitzwilliam, NH, singlehandedly organized a group called Monadnock Area Gays, which provided weekly socials, but when he moved some 25 miles to the northwest, there was no one left behind to carry the ball.1979 February 10, Allen Young, “Living In The Country”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 8

Questions about carries the ball

What is carries the ball the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carries the ball is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry the ball.

Words near carries the ball in the dictionary

  1. carries out
  2. carries out one's bat
  3. carries over
  4. carries owls to Athens
  5. carries someone's water
  6. carries the ball
  7. carries the can
  8. carries the day
  9. carries the mail
  10. carries the mantle
  11. carries the message to Garcia

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