on the ball

[ɑːn ðə bɔːl]

Definition:
1. Doing a good job.
2. Well-informed and alert.
3. Alert to new ideas, methods, and trends.
4. Competence, alertness, or intelligence.

'on the ball' example sentence:

1. We were on the ball, the bills would have been paid on time.
2. With a job, if you aren't quite on the ball one week, you still get paid.
3. But all of us - volunteers, workforce, everybody involved - has to keep their eye on the ball, work hard right to the end.
4. Maybe then, I thought, I could find a way to prove I had something on the ball.
5. We kept our eyes on the ball to maintain the retainership with our clients.
6. Get on the ball, then do what you want.
7. You can trust him; he's got a lot on the ball.
8. If you're going with her, you'd better get on the ball.
9. The teacher is really on the ball.
10. That book is really on the ball.
11. I'm so glad that my assistant is always on the ball because I'm too scatterbrained to manage my schedule on my own.
12. It's big business now, you know. You have to be on the ball: go, go, go all the time.
13. He will do well in that work because he has a lot on the ball.
14. If you were on the ball, this wouldn't have happened.
15. I didn't sleep well last night and I'm not really on the ball today.
16. I can't believe Molly got that report done so quickly—she's really on the ball.
17. She is always on the ball.
18. Yes, I know it's hard to be a professional investor and to keep your eyes on the ball.
19. But he has to show me he's got it on the ball.
20. Mr.B is really on the ball at this new project.
21. But her mind isn't on the ball.
22. Watch his bread, it seems to be delicious. He had a lot on the ball.
23. The new publicity manager is really on the ball.
24. She really is on the ball; she's bought houses at auctions so she knows what she's doing.