have a ball
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Definition
- Verb phrase (idiomatic):
- To enjoy oneself immensely; to have a wonderful or extremely enjoyable time.
Usage
- This phrase is used to describe experiencing great pleasure, fun, or excitement during an event or activity.
- It is informal and often used to emphasize a particularly good time.
- It functions as a single verb phrase in a sentence.
Examples
Advanced Usage
- The phrase can be used in various tenses by conjugating the auxiliary verb "have":
- Past: They had a ball on their vacation.
- Present: I can tell you're having a ball at the theme park!
- Future: I know we'll have a ball at the reunion.
Variants and Related Words
- Have the time of one's life: A very similar idiom meaning to enjoy oneself more than ever before.
- She had the time of her life on her trip to Paris.
Synonyms
- Enjoy oneself: To experience pleasure.
- Have fun: To engage in enjoyable activities.
- Have a blast: (Informal) To have a very exciting or enjoyable time.
- Have a great time: To experience a period of enjoyment.
Related Idioms
- Live it up: To enjoy life in a lively, exciting, and often extravagant way.
- They really lived it up during their weekend in the city.
- Paint the town red: To go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly, especially at night.
- After the final exam, the students went out to paint the town red.
Verb
- enjoy oneself greatly
- We had a ball at the party and didn't come home until 2 AM