without troubling the scorers
Examples
“Watson was caught and bowled for a fairly played eighteen, and Jardine again retired to the pavilion without troubling the scorers.”
“The PE teacher, the putative authority on all things sporting, went out, as they say⟳, without troubling the scorers.”
“Mark⟳ Waugh came and went without troubling the scorers, leaving Australia at a perilous 2/16 with one man on the way to hospital.”
“He was brought down to earth in Georgetown, however, ten days later, suffering the indignity of being run⟳ out without troubling the scorers in the victory over British Guiana.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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