stamp about
Frequency: 5.08.1 per million words
To walk around stamping one's feet, often in anger or frustration.
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- The child began to stamp about the room when he didn't get his way.
- She was so furious that she could only stamp about, muttering to herself.
- He'd often stamp about the house for hours after a disagreement.
- Don't just stamp about in frustration; try to articulate what's bothering you.
- Hearing the bad news, he started to stamp about the office, clearly agitated.
- The manager would sometimes stamp about during heated meetings.
- After losing the game, the player could be seen stamping about the locker room.
- I heard him stamping about upstairs, probably upset about something again.
- She refused to just sit quietly and instead began to stamp about, demanding answers.
- The old man used to stamp about his garden whenever his prize roses withered.