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Verb: be on the ball
Usage: informal
  1. Be well-informed
    "He is on the ball when it comes to office politics";
    - know the score [informal], be with it [informal], know what's going on, know what's what

Derived forms: is on the ball, been on the ball, being on the ball, was on the ball

Type of: know