"pull up stumps" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-pull up stumps.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls up stumps [present, singular, third-person], pulling up stumps [participle, present], pulled up stumps [participle, past], pulled up stumps [past]
Etymology: From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pull up stumps}} pull up stumps (third-person singular simple present pulls up stumps, present participle pulling up stumps, simple past and past participle pulled up stumps)
  1. (figuratively) To cease doing something, at least for the day. Tags: figuratively Related terms: draw stumps
    Sense id: en-pull_up_stumps-en-verb-AD1E16R2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: en-au-pull up stumps.ogg [Australia] Forms: pulls up stumps [present, singular, third-person], pulling up stumps [participle, present], pulled up stumps [participle, past], pulled up stumps [past]
Etymology: To cut off one's roots; or to pull up your house, (figurative) stumps & all. Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pull up stumps}} pull up stumps (third-person singular simple present pulls up stumps, present participle pulling up stumps, simple past and past participle pulled up stumps)
  1. (US, figuratively) To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place. Tags: US, figuratively Categories (topical): Cricket Synonyms: pull up stakes, up sticks
    Sense id: en-pull_up_stumps-en-verb-HaaqRDuB Disambiguation of Cricket: 30 70 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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