stump it

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === stump it (third-person singular simple present stumps it, present participle stumping it, simple past and past participle stumped it) (slang, dated, idiomatic) To go on foot; hence, to run away; to escape. Synonym: leg it (slang, US, dated) To make electioneering speeches. === References === “stump”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.