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out for a duck

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

Having batted no hits for the entire game.

Examples

“The inevitable happened - I was out for a duck and was furious when I got back to the dressing room.”
“The batsman out first ball is out for a duck, no matter⟳ how fervently and frequently he replays the awful moment in his mind's eye; a missed catch⟳ is a drop, however intricate and extenuating the context; and wickets claimed in the post-match bar do not count⟳, even if the bowler believes them "deserved".”
“Shaw's five victims included Australian skipper, David Gregory, out for a duck.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

out of conceit with out of one's cotton-picking mind out of sight, out of mind out of the mouths of babes out of time out on a limb

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