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have a ball

informal

Definition

to enjoy yourself very much: "So how was the party last night?" "Oh, it was brilliant, - we had a ball!"Taking pleasure in something
(Definition of have a ball from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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