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calling it stumps

calling it stumps is the present participle and gerund of call it stumps.

Meaning of call it stumps

Verb

call it stumps (third-person singular simple present calls it stumps, present participle calling it stumps, simple past and past participle called it stumps)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To decide to end an activity; to call it a day.
    • Eventually I decided to call it stumps and the last thing he said to me as I retired to his spare room was, `So you're not going to Inskip are you?' I answered that no, he was right, I wouldn't go and he tottered off happy.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 130

Questions about calling it stumps

What is calling it stumps the present participle and gerund of?
Calling it stumps is the present participle and gerund of call it stumps.

Words near calling it stumps in the dictionary

  1. calling it an early night
  2. calling it as one sees it
  3. calling it even
  4. calling it half a day
  5. calling it quits
  6. calling it stumps
  7. calling name
  8. calling names
  9. calling off
  10. calling off the dogs
  11. calling on the carpet

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