cut (one's) stick

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cut (one's) stick

To leave hastily or abruptly. Oh man, once I heard that dog barking, I cut my stick out of there! Did Amanda leave? Boy, she really cut her stick—she didn't even say goodbye to me!
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"Why, you don't know, I s'pose, that Lizy's cut stick, and clared out, with her young un?"
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I cut stick an' run off to drive freight trucks up north.
Collecting strange friends Part III: just stop and smell the ... whatever
Roping in Roots Manuva and Robert Owens for tracks, Cold cut stick to their skewed take on electronic music, which is intelligent, engaging and worth investigating.
Clubbing news; the razz clubbing nation
Two teams confronted each other on the dusty sports field, wielding roughly cut sticks to whack a homemade puck at high speed.
Ngbaba, a sport lost in time, returns to battered C. Africa
Two teams confronted each other on the dusty sports field, wielding roughly cut sticks to whack a homemade puck at high speed.For the middle-aged and beyond, the sight of this rugged game triggered distant memories, of happier times.
How sport lost in time returned to Central Africa
Most popular mod is to remove one rung of steps and cut sticks down to 20 "-22" between steps for a more favorable weight/ height package appropriate for aider usage.
SADDLING UP FOR SUCCESS: GO FARTHER, HUNT DEEPER, AND PACK LIGHTER WHILE ENJOYING ALL-DAY I COMFORT WITH TODAY'S NEWEST SADDLE-HUNTING GEAR TACTICS
For the legs: Cut sticks into four pieces, two inches in length with one sharp end each.
Reindeer and pine trees
I cut sticks from my dad's hedge in the backyard and chewed the ends of these to make them into a week's supply of tooth brushes.
When platitudes fail
Serving cut sticks with assorted dips, soups and hors d'oeuvres, all with recipe cards, will help increase sales.
Celery: celery is just not for salads anymore. John Foley, category manager, retail business unit for DUDA, says that celery products are geared to consumers who are looking for a tasty snack as well as those who like to cook
The only evidence as to why the defendant had the knife with him is what he told police in interview ( that he had it with him to cut sticks."
Knifing boy to go to prison
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