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  • curve ball — curve ,ball noun count in baseball, a throw that is difficult to hit because the ball moves in a curve …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • curve ball — (USA) If something is a curve ball, it is deceptive …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • curve ball — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms curve ball : singular curve ball plural curve balls in baseball, a throw that is difficult to hit because the ball moves in a curve …   English dictionary

  • curve ball — /kɜv ˈbɔl/ (say kerv bawl) –noun 1. Baseball a type of pitch in which spin is imparted to the ball causing it to follow a curving trajectory which drops as the ball approaches the plate. –phrase 2. throw someone a curve ball, Colloquial to… …  

  • curve ball — (USA)    If something is a curve ball, it is deceptive.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Curve ball —   (USA)   If something is a curve ball, it is deceptive …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • curve ball — ball which crosses the plate on the opposite side than the side it was pitched from (Baseball); something that is unexpected or something that comes in an unexpected way; hard ball, something which is extremely tricky (Slang) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • curve ball — noun a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter • Syn: ↑curve, ↑breaking ball, ↑bender • Derivationally related forms: ↑bend (for: ↑bender) …   Useful english dictionary

  • curve·ball — /ˈkɚvˌbɑːl/ noun, pl balls [count] baseball : a pitch that is thrown with spin so that the ball curves in the air The batter struck out on a curveball. often used figuratively Life has thrown him a few curveballs in recent years. [=he has had… …   Useful english dictionary

  • a\ curve\ ball — • pitch a curve • a curve ball v. phr. To catch someone unawares; confront someone with an unexpected event or act. My professor pitched me a curve ball when he unexpectedly confronted me with a complicated mathematical equation that was way over …   Словарь американских идиом

  • throw (someone) a curve (ball) — American & Australian, informal to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with. The weather threw a curve at their barbecue and they had to eat indoors …   New idioms dictionary

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