close of play
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- (cricket) The end of a day's play.
- Synonym: stumps
- (tennis) The end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the Wimbledon Championships.
- (by extension) The end of the working day.
- 2006, Martin Richardson, “Delegation and Coaching”, in The People Management Clinic: Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions[2], →ISBN, page 120:
- Ask yourself this question: If you delegate, will the task be done: [...] Sooner (completing the task earlier, e.g. this project will finish close of play Thursday if I delegate; if I do not, close of play Friday)