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start the ball rolling

start the ball rolling verb: synonym of get the ball rolling.

Verb

start the ball rolling (third-person singular simple present starts the ball rolling, present participle starting the ball rolling, simple past and past participle started the ball rolling)

  1. Synonym of get the ball rolling.

Synonyms of start the ball rolling

Forms of start the ball rolling

third-person singular presentstarts the ball rolling
present participlestarting the ball rolling
past participlestarted the ball rolling
paststarted the ball rolling

Questions about start the ball rolling

What does start the ball rolling mean?
Start the ball rolling means synonym of get the ball rolling.
What part of speech is start the ball rolling?
Start the ball rolling is a verb.
What is the past tense of start the ball rolling?
The past tense of start the ball rolling is started the ball rolling.

Words near start the ball rolling in the dictionary

  1. start out
  2. start over
  3. start page
  4. start pages
  5. Start Point
  6. start the ball rolling
  7. start time
  8. start times
  9. start up
  10. start up on
  11. start with a clean sheet

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