up the stump

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up the stump

phrase up a stump

informal At a loss, puzzled, in a bind. Science is up the stump. She can't find out why green sorghum should be so quickly fatal to cattle, says an exchange.
Similar: in trouble, up a stump
Canada, informal Pregnant. 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.
Similar: in trouble, up the duff

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@misc{up_the_stump_2026,
  title = {up the stump},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/up%20the%20stump},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}