ball's in your court, the. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993

Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

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This is a tennis expression whose figurative meaning is that what happens next is the other’s responsibility, as in the expression Your move, from chess, checkers, and other board games. Most editors will limit both these Standard Conversational expressions to Informal or Semiformal use.	1