Usually means: Initiate action or conversation.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. start the ball rolling: Merriam-Webster
  2. start the ball rolling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. start the ball rolling: Collins English Dictionary
  4. start the ball rolling: Wiktionary
  5. start the ball rolling: Dictionary.com
  6. start the ball rolling: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. start the ball rolling: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. start the ball rolling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. start the ball rolling: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. start the ball rolling: Idioms

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verb:  Synonym of get the ball rolling.

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