"stump it" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-stump it.ogg Forms: stumps it [present, singular, third-person], stumping it [participle, present], stumped it [participle, past], stumped it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} stump it (third-person singular simple present stumps it, present participle stumping it, simple past and past participle stumped it)
  1. (slang, dated, idiomatic) To go on foot; hence, to run away; to escape. Tags: dated, idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-stump_it-en-verb-8vpXh4IW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54
  2. (slang, US, dated) To make electioneering speeches. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-stump_it-en-verb-0zibBTHc Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69

Inflected forms

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