carry the bat

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carry the bat (third-person singular simple present carries the bat, present participle carrying the bat, simple past and past participle carried the bat)

  1. (cricket) To bat throughout the whole of an innings, being one of the openers and remaining not out when 10 wickets have fallen.
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