stomping ground
noun [ C ]
informal uk
/ˈstɒm.pɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/ us
/ˈstɑːm.pɪŋ ˌɡraʊnd/ (mainly UK stamping ground)Meaning of stomping ground in English
(Definition of stomping ground from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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These have all spread into the area which in the nineteenth century was almost the monopoly stamping ground of the friendly societies.
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A world that had become a kind of stamping ground for the internationally lawless would not be worth living in at all.
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What about my old stamping ground, the theatre?
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They would use its failure as a stamping ground for their demands for total separation.
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I am pleased in one sense, because it enables me to return to a former stamping ground.
But that is also the background of those who live there, and their stamping ground.
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That was an old stamping ground of mine for a number of years.
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My normal stamping ground is economic policy.
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Wales has become, and is regarded by these councils, as a stamping ground for local councillors and aldermen.
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