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draw stumps

verb

Meaning

  1. (of the umpires) To declare an end to the day's play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.
  2. To cease doing something, at least for the day.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

stump out(English)stump(English)call it stumps(English)remove(English)pull up stumps(English)draw(English)dismiss(English)dig out(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data