"played hardball" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} played hardball
  1. simple past and past participle of play hardball Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: play hardball
    Sense id: en-played_hardball-en-verb-s3NQwO5L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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