Usually means: Urgent, high-priority task or issue.
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  1. red ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. red-ball, red ball: Wiktionary
  3. Red ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. red ball: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (red ball)

noun:  (law enforcement, slang, US) A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.
noun:  (cricket, journalism, metonymically, uncountable) first-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball")
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ball.
adjective:  (rail transport) Of or related to priority freight or the trains that carry it.

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