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Definition of up sticks

up sticks

verb - intransitive

  • to minimize or eliminate connections with one's current location of residence.
                                                                                                                                                  

    Citation from "The virtual curmudgeon", The Economist, Sep 2 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 05 2010.

  • to decamp.

    Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Simon Barrett from London, Greater London, UK on Mar 06 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'stick':

Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: censored version of fuckstick.
Definitions include: a shotgun.
Definitions include: cigarette.
Definitions include: general exclamation.
Definitions include: a metaphorical stick one gets hit with to become informed (i.e. to get a clue.)
Definitions include: "Oh crap", that sucks, bummer. (Similar to "shitballs")
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: cigarette.
Definitions include: penis.
Definitions include: interjection of disappointment.
Definitions include: a gun.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: a real idiot, a piece of shit of a person.
Definitions include: a derogatory term for an idiot.

Other terms relating to 'up':

Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
Definitions include: to misbehave.
Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
Definitions include: to increase.
Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
Definitions include: to mess up.
Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
Definitions include: to make something like ass.
Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
Definitions include: stupid.
Definitions include: strange / stupid.

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