"call it stumps" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: calls it stumps [present, singular, third-person], calling it stumps [participle, present], called it stumps [participle, past], called it stumps [past]
Etymology: Figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|stumps||the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires}} stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call it stumps (third-person singular simple present calls it stumps, present participle calling it stumps, simple past and past participle called it stumps)
  1. To decide to end an activity; to call it a day.
    Sense id: en-call_it_stumps-en-verb-ezKFRZtB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it"

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