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draw stumps

draw stumps verb: to declare an end to the day's play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.

Verb

draw stumps (third-person singular simple present draws stumps, present participle drawing stumps, simple past drew stumps, past participle drawn stumps)

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

Forms of draw stumps

third-person singular presentdraws stumps
present participledrawing stumps
pastdrew stumps
past participledrawn stumps

Origin of draw stumps

From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire drawing the stumps out of the ground.

Questions about draw stumps

What does draw stumps mean?
Draw stumps means to declare an end to the day's play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.
What part of speech is draw stumps?
Draw stumps is a verb.
What is the past tense of draw stumps?
The past tense of draw stumps is drew stumps.

Words near draw stumps in the dictionary

  1. draw rods
  2. draw sheet
  3. draw sheets
  4. draw soup
  5. draw straws
  6. draw stumps
  7. draw the cloth
  8. draw the curtains
  9. draw the line
  10. draw the long bow
  11. draw the longbow

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