Definitions
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- verb cricket To declare an end to the days play, and remove the
bails and sometimes thestumps . - verb idiomatic To
cease doing something, at least for the day.
Etymologies
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From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire drawing the stumps out of the ground.
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