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Adjective: on the ball
  1. Mentally perceptive and responsive
    - alert, alive, awake
     
  2. (sports) being in control of the ball

See also: aware, cognisant [Brit], cognizant

Encyclopedia: On the ball, City On the ball

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on one hand
on one's guard
on paper
on purpose
on request
on tap
on tenterhooks
on that
on that point
on the average
on the ball
on the button
on the coattails
on the contrary
on the dot
on the face of it
on the fence
on the fly
on the go
on the hook
on the house