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Up the stump

prep_phrase, slang

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  1. 1
    At a loss, puzzled, in a bind. informal

    "Science is up the stump. She can't find out why green sorghum should be so quickly fatal to cattle, says an exchange."

  2. 2
    Pregnant. Canada, informal

    "Met him at a dance, a skinny little French-Canadian who shot her a line of bull and put her up the stump before waving goodbye from the troop train."

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