Third-person singular simple present indicative form of play the ball and not the man

simple past tense and past participle of play the ball and not the man

Dated form of give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

(informal, rare) Characteristic of a chicken-or-egg question; involving a dispute as to which of two interdependent things happened first.

At all times.

(colloquial) Everybody imaginable.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divide and conquer

(nautical) Sailing a square-rigged vessel before the wind with studding sails on both sides.

(chiefly attributive) A combined herbicide and fertilizer.

Those who drudge, or are made to work hard; those who do menial or servile work at the behest of others; physical labourers.