one's old stamping ground
- one's old stamping ground
one's old stamping ground
Fig. the place where one was raised or where one has spent a lot of time. (There are variants with
stomping
and
grounds.
) •
Ann should know about that place. It's near her old stamping ground.
•
I can't wait to get back to my old stomping grounds.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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