draw stumps
verbEtymology From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire drawing the stumps out of the ground.
1
Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Of the umpires 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.
- Related terms
- pull up stumps