stir one's stumps
werkwoord
Roget 682:
be active
etc.
adj.;
busy oneself in;
stir,
stir about,
stir one's stumps;
bestir oneself,
rouse oneself;
speed,
hasten,
peg away,
lay about one,
bustle,
fuss;
raise up,
kick up a dust;
push;
make a push,
make a fuss,
make a stir;
go ahead,
push forward;
fight one's way,
elbow one's way;
make progress
etc.
282;
toll
etc.
(labor)
686;
plod,
persist
etc.
(persevere)
604.1;
keep up the ball,
keep the pot boiling.
look sharp;
have all one's eyes about one
etc.
(vigilance)
459;
rise,
arouse oneself,
hustle,
get up early,
be about,
keep moving,
steal a march,
kill two birds with one stone;
seize the opportunity
etc.
134,
lose no time,
not lose a moment,
make the most of one's time,
not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet,
improve the shining hour,
make short work of;
dash off;
make haste
etc.
684;
do one's best take pains
etc.
(exert oneself)
686;
do wonders,
work wonders.
have many irons in the fire,
have one's hands full,
have much on one's hands;
have other things to do,
have other fish to fry;
be busy;
not have a moment to spare,
not have a moment that one can call one's own.
have one's fling,
run the round of;
go all lengths,
stick at nothing,
run riot.
outdo;
overdo,
overact,
overlay,
overshoot the mark;
make a toil of a pleasure.
have a hand in
etc.
(act in)
680;
take an active part,
put in one's oar,
have a finger in the pie,
mix oneself up with,
trouble,
one's head about,
intrigue;
agitate.
tamper with,
meddle,
moil;
intermeddle,
interfere,
interpose;
obtrude;
poke one's nose in,
thrust one's nose in.
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Roget 274:
move quickly,
trip,
fisk†;
speed,
hie,
hasten,
post,
spank,
scuttle;
scud,
scuddle†;
scour,
scour the plain;
scamper;
run like mad,
beat it;
fly,
race,
run a race,
cut away,
shot,
tear,
whisk,
zoom,
swoosh,
sweep,
skim,
brush;
cut along,
bowl along,
barrel along,
barrel;
scorch,
burn up the track;
rush
etc.
(be violent)
173;
dash on,
dash off,
dash forward;
bolt;
trot,
gallop,
amble,
troll,
bound,
flit,
spring,
dart,
boom;
march in quick time,
march in double time;
ride hard,
get over the ground.
hurry
etc.
(hasten)
684;
accelerate,
put on;
quicken;
quicken one's pace,
mend one's pace;
clap spurs to one's horse;
make haste,
make rapid strides,
make forced marches,
make the best of one's way;
put one's best leg foremost,
stir one's stumps,
wing one's way,
set off at a score;
carry sail,
crowd sail;
go off like a shot,
go like a shot,
go ahead,
gain ground;
outstrip the wind,
fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with,
keep pace with;
outstrip
etc.
303;
outmarch†.
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Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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