💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Take a wicket"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| carry out one's batverb | (cricket) To leave the wickets without having been put out. |
| dismissverb | (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. |
| bowl outverb | (cricket, of a side) To take all the opponents' wickets (in whatever way) and thus end their innings. |
| removeverb | (transitive) To delete. |
| stump outverb | (cricket, transitive) To put (a player) out by knocking down the stump or wicket. |
| stumpnoun | The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. |
| run outverb | (intransitive, transitive, idiomatic) To use up or consume all [with of ‘something’ (optional)] |
| put outverb | Taking offense; indignant. |
| skittle outverb | (cricket, transitive) To dismiss (batsmen) quickly. |
| dig outverb | (transitive) To remove something by digging. |
| dropnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| put awayverb | (transitive) To put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up. |
| retireverb | (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness. |
| whiffnoun | A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft. |
| obstruct the fieldverb | (cricket) To get out by deliberately obstructing a fielder in order to prevent him from making a catch or run out, or from gathering the ball (very rare). |
| foul outverb | (basketball) To be disqualified from further play for having committed too many fouls. |
| draw stumpsverb | (idiomatic) To cease doing something, at least for the day. |
| retire hurtverb | (intransitive, cricket) To stop batting because of having sustained an injury. |
| close the faceverb | (idiomatic, cricket) To turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side. |
| winkle outverb | (transitive) To get (something or someone) out of an entrenched position. |
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