call it stumps
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call it stumps
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A figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”).
verb calls it stumps · calling it stumps · called it stumps
- 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.
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title = {call it stumps},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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