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keep the ball rolling en · VERB

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To continue an action indicated in the context; to sustain a process.
   • But the Gap has a long way to go before it climbs back to its high of $77. . . . Lately, it has been moving back up, closing yesterday at $26.375. On Wednesday, Donald G. Fisher, chairman and chief executive of the Gap, and Millard S. Drexler, president, will try to keep the ball rolling when they talk to New York securities analysts. 1988 June 10, Isadore Barmash, “Market Place; Can the Gap Be On the Rebound?”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Nov 2017:
   • Then there was a pause. Our new acquaintance had become involved in a vexatious difficulty with his pipe. . . . To keep the ball rolling I asked Marlow if this Powell was remarkable in any way. 1913, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Chance:
   • The video accrued tens of thousands of views overnight. Four days later, inspired to keep the ball rolling, she made another about the same date. It’s since been viewed 4.2 million times. 2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, in The New York Times:
   • Few people thought the Federal Aviation Administration could, as it promised, solve the delay problem at New York's LaGuardia Airport in six months. . . . Plavin, and others, hope the FAA will keep the ball rolling at the other top ten delay-plagued airports in the country. 2001 June 14, Sally Donnelly, “A Smart FAA Plan to Reduce Airport Congestion”, in Time, retrieved 16 Nov 2017:

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pl podtrzymywać (Translations) · pl podtrzymać (Translations) · fi pitää pyörät pyörimässä (Translations)