"hide the ball" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: hides the ball [present, singular, third-person], hiding the ball [participle, present], hid the ball [past], hidden the ball [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hide<,,hid,hidden> the ball}} hide the ball (third-person singular simple present hides the ball, present participle hiding the ball, simple past hid the ball, past participle hidden the ball)
  1. (law, slang) To withhold evidence in a trial that may hurt one's case. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-hide_the_ball-en-verb-8s13MJ6j Topics: law
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, ball. Related terms: cherry-pick, say the quiet part loud (english: nearly antonymous), selective memory
    Sense id: en-hide_the_ball-en-verb-NbuWU13M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84

Inflected forms

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