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put up the shutters

put up the shutters verb: to bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.

Verb

put up the shutters (third-person singular simple present puts up the shutters, present participle putting up the shutters, simple past and past participle put up the shutters)

  1. To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.
  2. (figuratively) To close, either at the end of the day or permanently.

Synonyms of put up the shutters

Forms of put up the shutters

third-person singular presentputs up the shutters
present participleputting up the shutters
past participleput up the shutters
pastput up the shutters

Questions about put up the shutters

What does put up the shutters mean?
Put up the shutters means to bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.
What part of speech is put up the shutters?
Put up the shutters is a verb.
What is the past tense of put up the shutters?
The past tense of put up the shutters is put up the shutters.

Words near put up the shutters in the dictionary

  1. put up on
  2. put up one's dukes
  3. put up one's hand
  4. put up one's hands
  5. put up or shut up
  6. put up the shutters
  7. put up to
  8. put up with
  9. put upon
  10. put wood in t'hole
  11. put wood in t’hole

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