"up the stump" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} up the stump, {{en-PP}} up the stump
  1. (informal) At a loss, puzzled, in a bind. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Pregnancy Synonyms: up a stump
    Sense id: en-up_the_stump-en-prep_phrase-0FjwfeF3 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 59 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18
  2. (Canada, informal) Pregnant. Tags: Canada, informal Synonyms (pregnant): pregnant
    Sense id: en-up_the_stump-en-prep_phrase-UVuVRdNC Categories (other): Canadian English Disambiguation of 'pregnant': 0 100

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