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To stump it
Stump Stump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stumping.] 1. To cut off a part of; to reduce to a stump; to lop. Around the stumped top soft moss did grow. --Dr. H. More. 2. To strike, as the toes, against a stone or something fixed; to stub. [Colloq.] 3. To challenge; also, to nonplus. [Colloq.] 4. To travel over, delivering speeches for electioneering purposes; as, to stump a State, or a district. See To go on the stump, under Stump, n. [Colloq. U.S.] 5. (Cricket) (a) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out. --T. Hughes. (b) To bowl down the stumps of, as, of a wicket. A herd of boys with clamor bowled, And stumped the wicket. --Tennyson. To stump it. (a) To go afoot; hence, to run away; to escape. [Slang] --Ld. Lytton. (b) To make electioneering speeches. [Colloq. U.S.]

Meaning of To stump it from wikipedia

- Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist...
- Look up stump in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stump may refer to: Tree stump, the rooted remains of a felled tree Stump (cricket), one of three small...
- Stumped is a method of dismissing a batter in cricket, in which the wicket-keeper puts down the striker's wicket while the striker is out of their ground...
- appearances prepares a short standardized stump speech that is repeated verbatim to each audience, before opening to questions. The term derives from the early...
- stump on the off side of the wicket (the same side as the batsman's bat). Middle stump is the centre stump, the middle of the three stumps. Leg stump...
- cut and felled, the stump or tree stump is usually a small remaining portion of the trunk with the roots still in the ground. Stumps may show the age-defining...
- Alvin John Stump (October 20, 1916 – December 14, 1995), was an American author and sports writer. Stump spent time with Detroit Tigers' Hall of Fame...
- Stump the Schwab is an American game show that aired on ESPN2 and ESPN classic from July 8, 2004 to September 29, 2006. The show featured three contestants...
- A stump grinder is a machine used to grind tree stumps. They can be the size of a lawn mower or as large as a truck. Most accomplish their task by means...
- of his boundary...he said it ran to a black stump beyond the line, which he said had been marked...; he said the line was to run somewhere thereabouts;...