offer the light

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offer the light (third-person singular simple present offers the light, present participle offering the light, simple past and past participle offered the light)

  1. (intransitive, cricket, of the umpires) To ask the batsmen if they wish to continue playing in conditions of poor light. If they do not, play is suspended for bad light.
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