on the stump
idiom
: traveling around and giving speeches during a campaign for election to a political office
candidates who give the same speech over and over when they're on the stump
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No way to know for sure what McCain would do this year
Talking about McCain on the stump is a delicate dance.
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Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Cuban became a frequent Harris surrogate on cable news and on the stump.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2024
Trump, on the other hand, has been striking a quasi-isolationist stance on the stump that seems to be finding favor on the trail.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
All the while, Trump continued to fulminate on the stump.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Cuban became a frequent Harris surrogate on cable news and on the stump.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Nov. 2024
Trump, on the other hand, has been striking a quasi-isolationist stance on the stump that seems to be finding favor on the trail.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
All the while, Trump continued to fulminate on the stump.
—Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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