play ball
informalto agree to work with or help someone in the way they have suggested:
The family wanted him to be taken care of at home, but the insurance company refused to play ball.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- countenance
- court
- embrace
- gauntlet
- leap
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- respect
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
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