"take the ball and run with it" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes the ball and runs with it [present, singular, third-person], taking the ball and running with it [participle, present], took the ball and ran with it [past], taken the ball and run with it [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> the ball and run<,,ran,run> with it}} take the ball and run with it (third-person singular simple present takes the ball and runs with it, present participle taking the ball and running with it, simple past took the ball and ran with it, past participle taken the ball and run with it)
  1. To continue working on something that someone else started, especially when one does so efficiently and successfully. Synonyms: pick up the ball and run with it
    Sense id: en-take_the_ball_and_run_with_it-en-verb-~gXZI~Xt Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it"

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