"pick up the ball and run with it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: picks up the ball and runs with it [present, singular, third-person], picking up the ball and running with it [participle, present], picked up the ball and ran with it [past], picked up the ball and run with it [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pick<> up the ball and run<,,ran,run> with it|head=pick up the ball and run with it}} pick up the ball and run with it (third-person singular simple present picks up the ball and runs with it, present participle picking up the ball and running with it, simple past picked up the ball and ran with it, past participle picked up the ball and run with it)
  1. Alternative form of take the ball and run with it Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: take the ball and run with it
    Sense id: en-pick_up_the_ball_and_run_with_it-en-verb-8eCpUkxM Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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