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The Ball Is in Your Court

To kick a habit means to get rid of the habit To stop doing it Long ago I was trying to kick the habit of biting my nails And in order to kick this habit I just had to start getting manicures. A really casual and natural way that you can say It's your turn to act is to say the ball is in your court. This idiom can be used in a positive or a negative way so for instance you could say The Kardashians never shy away from the paparazzi Or the people that are taking pictures of them. If you want an activity to start You can say let's get the ball rolling Just like a ball starts rolling if you move it.

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