12-08-2018, 12:45 AM
The term "low ball" comes from a form of poker where the lowest hand wins. people who make "low ball" offers are hoping to win something with the lowest bid.
The term "high ball" come from an old railway signal with a large ball. If it was raised it meant that it was safe for the train to proceed at top speed. So "high balling" came to mean "top speed".
So, for example, "The Bengals low balled Whitworth so he high balled it out of Cincinnati."
The term "high ball" come from an old railway signal with a large ball. If it was raised it meant that it was safe for the train to proceed at top speed. So "high balling" came to mean "top speed".
So, for example, "The Bengals low balled Whitworth so he high balled it out of Cincinnati."
