open the ball (to begin operations; to set things in motion)

(figuratively) to exaggerate, to caricature (often on purpose, so as to make something appear more clearly)

(informal, figuratively) in the soup, in a fix, in a pickle, in trouble

(informal, figuratively) to sling one's hook, to buzz off, to beat it

(transitive with à) (informal) to spread the word (along, around)

to raise one's voice

(informal, figuratively, of a man) to wank, masturbate (literally, “to choke the one-eyed man”)

(informal, figuratively) to masturbate (literally, “to polish the leek”)

A commune of the Marne department, France

to get into the groove; to get used to, to get into the habit of