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NEW BALLGAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation
Example:
HDTV looks the same but it's really a whole new ballgame
Synonyms:
ballgame; new ballgame
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("new ballgame" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)