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stump

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TAKE THE STUMP or TAKE TO THE STUMP,

UP A STUMP.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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take the stump

[take the stump] or [take to the stump] {v. phr.} To travel around to different places making political speeches. * /The men running for president took to the stump to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[up a stump] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Stumped; blocked; mixed up or confused in what you are trying to do. * /Jimmy knows how to add and subtract but fractions have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

to the stump

[to the stump] See: [TAKE THE STUMP] or [TAKE TO THE STUMP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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