jump one’s shit
v. phr.— «When he was in the area of 29 Kendall Pond Road, the two men wearing bandanas and hooded sweatshirts then grabbed him, threw him into the snowbank on the side of the road, hit him on the left side of his face with a closed fist, and then told him to “jump his shit.” This is a slang term that means to empty one’s pockets.» —“Londonderry Police Find and Arrest Savage Robbers” Londonderry NH net (Londonderry, New Hampshire) Feb. 27, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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