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

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

people who dispute that a task is possible should not impede those people who attempt to do it

Unattractive.

Used to indicate that the following clause is not true and that this negatively impacts the importance of the preceding clause.

I did not cause the problem. / (by extension, informal) I did not cause it (regardless of whether the subject matter is perceived as problematic).

(informal) Used to indicate that something is the case and cannot be altered even if the listener does not want it to be the case.

present participle of play the ball and not the man

(sports) To attack an opponent instead of attacking the ball, which is usually being controlled by the attacked player at the time.

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