pull up stumps

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Contents

1 English
- 1.1 Etymology 1
  - 1.1.1 Verb
    - 1.1.1.1 Related terms
- 1.2 Etymology 2
  - 1.2.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps.

[edit] Verb

to pull up stumps

(idiomatic) To cease doing something, at least for the day.

[edit] Related terms

draw stumps

[edit] Etymology 2

To cut off one's roots; or to pull up your house, (figurative) stumps & all.

[edit] Verb

to pull up stumps

(idiomatic) To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place.

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