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Synonyms for hardball
ˈhɑrdˌbɔlhard·ball

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  1. hardballnoun

    a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics

    "they play hardball in the Senate"

    Antonyms:
    softball game, softball

  2. hardballnoun

    baseball as distinguished from softball

    Antonyms:
    softball, softball game

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PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "hardball":

    baseball

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. HARDBALL

    Synonyms:
    Heart Allograft Rejection: Detection with Breath Alkanes in Low Levels

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  1. Evan Thomas:

    Nixon's paranoia went up a great deal after he lost in 1960, partly because he felt the Kennedys had used dirty tricks to defeat him, he felt the Kennedys were better at dirty tricks than he was in 1960. And he was probably not wrong about that. The Kennedys played hardball. And [his brother] Bobby Kennedy was probably smarter about dirty tricks in 1960 than Richard Nixon was. I say that having written a biography of Bobby Kennedy.

  2. Chris Matthews:

    Welcome back to' Hardball,' I'm Chris Matthews. Tonight my guest is Laura, a spooky blonde lady who lies to the elderly, chris Matthews, no, you're on The NBC variety show.

  3. Rashida Tlaib:

    No one fought harder for President Biden's agenda than progressives, we rallied together with our supporters, held town halls in our communities, engaged new people, and we even played hardball in Congress.

  4. Richard Aboulafia:

    My guess is that Ryanair is playing hardball and eventually will get the Max at closer to the price they want, it's a a deal that Boeing doesn't want to lose and Ryanair knows it.

  5. Marc Lasry:

    It’s hard to get hurt now in Puerto Rico, it’s more of a timing risk. Could someone come in and play massive hardball ? Yes, but that would sort of prolong the process. You can game-theory Puerto Rico.


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