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Definition of have the world by the balls

have the world by the balls

verb

  • to be in a very good position in life, business, etc.
                                                                                                                   

    Citation from "Subway / Pamela", Louie (TV), Season 2 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 27 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'ball':

Definitions include: "amazing".
Definitions include: very.
Definitions include: shaved testicles.
Definitions include: to be successful.
Definitions include: significant other.
Definitions include: testicles.
Definitions include: a demanding superior.
Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head.
Definitions include: See ball; baller
Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on".
Definitions include: to leave.
Definitions include: an estimate.
Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate.
Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
Definitions include: the scrotum.

Other terms relating to 'by':

Definitions include: See five by five.
Definitions include: acronym for "by the way".
Definitions include: eventually.
Definitions include: general exclamation.
Definitions include: by oneself.
Definitions include: strictly following procedure.
Definitions include: narrowly.
Definitions include: an execution carried out with firearms shot from a moving vehicle.
Definitions include: something disappeared under unknown circumstances.
Definitions include: fine, good, okay.
Definitions include: adjective.
Definitions include: to catch or trap a person in a difficult situation.
Definitions include: to have the advantage in a situation.
Definitions include: To live with the present being the most important; to live a dream or to understand the unchanging world, so to speak.
Definitions include: it is usually defined as "definitely not, no way etc."

Other terms relating to 'have':

Definitions include: "The answer to your question is obviously 'yes'."
Definitions include: for every bad thing that happens, there's something positive about it.
Definitions include: acronym for "good luck, have fun".
Definitions include: acronym for "have a great summer".
Definitions include: acronym for "Have a nice day."
Definitions include: a person who was once famous or successful, but is no longer.
Definitions include: a person who has been a lesbian but now lives a heterosexual lifestyle.
Definitions include: to take advantage of.
Definitions include: to have a ball, e.g. a great time.
Definitions include: to have a a problem or grudge with someone.
Definitions include: to reveal information that one shouldn't.
Definitions include: a promiscuous woman.
Definitions include: to be very skilled in a particular area.
Definitions include: See blast.
Definitions include: to have a grudge to discuss.

Other terms relating to 'the':

Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone.
Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving.
Definitions include: interrogation.
Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
Definitions include: information.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: inclusive.
Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them
Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner.

Other terms relating to 'world':

Definitions include: a very bad place.
Definitions include: be something really big and bad.
Definitions include: acronym for "First World problem" or "First World problems".
Definitions include: acronym for "in the real world".
Definitions include: said when you see someone in an unexpected place.
Definitions include: to die.
Definitions include: outside college.
Definitions include: to have a profound positive effect on one's sexual satisfaction.
Definitions include: to do what is popular, follow the crowd.
Definitions include: A general retort, to say one has acted blindly or impartially.
Definitions include: excessively, continually, endlessly.
Definitions include: Wal-mart.
Definitions include: a very bad place to enter, be in, etc.
Definitions include: utter destruction of something (like a person's ego, or a place, or a thing).
Definitions include: disparaging term for the world wide web.

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