Collocations for "stumped"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stumped" in context.
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stump
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a tree stump in the [yard, garden]
- [tear, dig] out the stump
- all that was left was the stump
- sat (for a while) on the (tree) stump
- was left with a stump [after, following] the amputation
- were making fun of her stump
- UK, cricket: the ball hit the stumps
- slang: is on the campaign stump
- stumped his [professor, teacher, friends]
- the [doctors, police, researchers] were stumped by the [illness, crime, results]
- stumped up the [stairs, staircase, path]
- candidates are stumping for (your) [votes, support]
- cricket: [the batsman, he] was stumped out
- stump up (the money) [for, to buy]
- a stump [speaker, speech]
'stumped' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):