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Verb: play ball
  1. [informal] Cooperate or pretend to cooperate
    "He decided to play ball with the burglars for the moment";
    - play along, go along
     
  2. An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball, or to mark the beginning of anything tumultuous

Type of: collaborate, cooperate, co-operate, join forces