Topic: CRICKET
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six
1HMN the number 6 : 
six months agoShe arrived just after six (=six o'clock). He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).
six months agoShe arrived just after six (=six o'clock).He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old).2 used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000 : The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over one hundred thousand pounds or dollars).
six figures/digits
The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over one hundred thousand pounds or dollars).3 disorganised and confused : When the visitors arrived we were still at sixes and sevens.
at sixes and sevens
informalWhen the visitors arrived we were still at sixes and sevens.4 used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happens : In any family quarrel, it's usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other
spokenIn any family quarrel, it's usually six of one and half a dozen of the other.5 to affect someone strongly in a bad way : Losing his job really knocked him for six.
knock/hit somebody for six
British English spokenLosing his job really knocked him for six.6DSC [countable] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the ground
