croquet

/ˈkrəʊkeɪ/

/krəʊˈkeɪ/ noun [U]

Translation

› a game played on grass, in which you hit a ball with a wooden hammer through curved wires pushed into the ground

kroket, çim üstünde oynana bir tür oyun

(Definition of croquet noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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