stir your stumps

stir (one's) stumps

1. To start moving. "Stumps" are a slang term for "legs." You kids have been sitting around playing video games all day—it's time to get outside and stir your stumps!
2. To increase one's pace while doing some activity. Stir your stumps! We've got to move faster if we want to finish our run before sundown.
See also: stir, stump
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

stir your stumps

(of a person) begin to move or act. British informal , dated
Stump has been used as an informal term for ‘leg’ since the 15th century; the expression itself dates from the mid 16th century.
See also: stir, stump
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

stir your ˈstumps

(old-fashioned, British English, informal) begin to move; hurry: You stir your stumps and get ready for school, my girl!
Stump is an informal word for ‘leg’.
See also: stir, stump
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • chedda
  • brassic lint
  • blimp
  • blimp out
  • gun
  • guns
  • hunky
  • flash
  • flash on
  • flashing
References in periodicals archive
Time is running out to nominate your racing pub for the regional and national prizes on offer, so if your battle cruiser is turf-friendly then stir your stumps and vote.
Horse Racing: Wanted: racing pubs where the spirit of the Turf lives on