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Meaning of collar the bowling | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

(Of a batsman) to hit the bowled balls to all parts of the field.

Examples

“Heatley and Baines then got together, and succeeded in collaring the bowling, and put⟳ on 60 before they were separated, and, when Heatley was caught far out for 38, the score⟳ stood at 151.”
“The fact was that Mr. Bruce and Mr. Whitmore (who was stupidly run⟳ out in the first innings, else the same thing might not improbably have⟳ happened then) went in first, and collared the bowling in the first twenty minutes, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

collar up collared collared the bowling collared up collareth collaring

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