call it stumps

短语

词形变化

called it stumps calling it stumps calls it stumps 三单 calls it stumps calling it stumps 现在分词 called it stumps 过去式 called it stumps 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To decide to end an activity; to call it a day.

    习语 非正式

词源

A figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”).

来源:wiktionary