re: Vindman's Motivation

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Define this.

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play ball
1. In baseball, a phrase traditionally said or shouted by the umpire to start the game.
It always takes me back to summertime as a kid when I hear an umpire shout "play ball!"
2. To cooperate with someone; to do what someone wants or says.
If you play ball, we'll be able to reduce your sentence from eight years to just two.
Just play ball and do what they say, and nobody will get hurt!