Brewer's: Stump

To take to the stump. To roam about the country speechifying

To stump the country.
To go from town to town making [political] speeches.

“The Irish members have already taken to the stump.” —A Daily Journal.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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