"bring the lumber" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bring the lumber.wav Forms: brings the lumber [present, singular, third-person], bringing the lumber [participle, present], brought the lumber [participle, past], brought the lumber [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bring<,,brought> the lumber}} bring the lumber (third-person singular simple present brings the lumber, present participle bringing the lumber, simple past and past participle brought the lumber)
  1. (baseball) To hit extra-base hits. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-bring_the_lumber-en-verb-4yYsb94y Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (sports) To play in a physically aggressive way in a contact sport, especially defensively. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-bring_the_lumber-en-verb-pyjNc0fa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 70 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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