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calls it stumps

calls it stumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is calls it stumps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls it stumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call it stumps.

Words near calls it stumps in the dictionary

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

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