Stir your stumps
verb phrase
To start moving or to hurry up.
"We don't have all day, stir your stumps!"
Often appears as...
- stir your stumps and get moving
- stir your stumps
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
verb phrase
To start moving or to hurry up.
"We don't have all day, stir your stumps!"
Often appears as...
- stir your stumps and get moving
- stir your stumps
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial British
Used in casual or informal speech, especially among British speakers.
C'mon, we're gonna be late for the match, stir your stumps!
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency
Implies that there's some urgency or that someone should speed up what they're doing.
The bus leaves in five minutes, stir your stumps or we'll miss it!
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Abrupt
Can sound a bit abrupt or commanding, so use it with friends rather than in very polite or formal contexts.
No time to explain now, just stir your stumps and follow me!
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial British
Used in casual or informal speech, especially among British speakers.
C'mon, we're gonna be late for the match, stir your stumps!
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency
Implies that there's some urgency or that someone should speed up what they're doing.
The bus leaves in five minutes, stir your stumps or we'll miss it!
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Abrupt
Can sound a bit abrupt or commanding, so use it with friends rather than in very polite or formal contexts.
No time to explain now, just stir your stumps and follow me!
Pro Tip 1/3Colloquial British
Used in casual or informal speech, especially among British speakers.
C'mon, we're gonna be late for the match, stir your stumps!
Pro Tip 2/3Urgency
Implies that there's some urgency or that someone should speed up what they're doing.
The bus leaves in five minutes, stir your stumps or we'll miss it!
Pro Tip 3/3Mildly Abrupt
Can sound a bit abrupt or commanding, so use it with friends rather than in very polite or formal contexts.
No time to explain now, just stir your stumps and follow me!
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