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stir one's stumps

stir one's stumps verb: to get going; to move one's legs in walking or running.

Verb

stir one's stumps (third-person singular simple present stirs one's stumps, present participle stirring one's stumps, simple past and past participle stirred one's stumps)

  1. (slang) To get going; to move one's legs in walking or running.

Forms of stir one's stumps

third-person singular presentstirs one's stumps
present participlestirring one's stumps
past participlestirred one's stumps
paststirred one's stumps

Questions about stir one's stumps

What does stir one's stumps mean?
Stir one's stumps means to get going; to move one's legs in walking or running.
What part of speech is stir one's stumps?
Stir one's stumps is a verb.
What is the past tense of stir one's stumps?
The past tense of stir one's stumps is stirred one's stumps.

Words near stir one's stumps in the dictionary

  1. stir bars
  2. stir crazy
  3. stir fries
  4. stir fry
  5. stir frys
  6. stir one's stumps
  7. stir plate
  8. stir plates
  9. stir shit
  10. stir someone's blood
  11. stir the embers

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