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take a wicket

take a wicket verb: to get a batsman out.

Verb

take a wicket (third-person singular simple present takes a wicket, present participle taking a wicket, simple past took a wicket, past participle taken a wicket)

  1. To get a batsman out.

Forms of take a wicket

third-person singular presenttakes a wicket
present participletaking a wicket
pasttook a wicket
past participletaken a wicket

Questions about take a wicket

What does take a wicket mean?
Take a wicket means to get a batsman out.
What part of speech is take a wicket?
Take a wicket is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a wicket?
The past tense of take a wicket is took a wicket.

Words near take a wicket in the dictionary

  1. take a walk on the wild side
  2. take a walkout powder
  3. take a whack at
  4. take a whiz
  5. take a whizz
  6. take a wicket
  7. take a wife
  8. take a wiz
  9. take a wizz
  10. take a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  11. take aback

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