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Carry out one’s Bat (To)

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A cricketer is said to carry out his bat when he is notoutat the close of the game.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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