subdued, subdued Christmas Eve. low-key, deep-pocketed, 'go-for-it',

Surge of Virus Misinformation Stumps Facebook and Twitter

By SHEERA FRENKEL, DAVEY ALBA and RAYMOND ZHONG

Secret labs. Magic cures. Government plots. Despite efforts by social media companies to stop it, false information about the coronavirus is proliferating around the world.

For Masuda, these companies lost their nimbleness and their playful sense of adventure when they got too large.
"As they grew bigger and bigger, they became mindful of 'marketing,' 'profitability', 'safety' and the like. They may have become too slow to act," he said.
"But companies in this period were vigorous and had a 'go-for-it' spirit. They weren't afraid of failures."
So how do they get back to their roots?
That, admits Masuda, has him stumped.
"If I knew that, I'd be a company president."

So how do they get back to their roots?
That, admits Masuda, has him stumped.
"If I knew that, I'd be a company president."

Editorial: Mr. Romney Stumps in Israel

The Republican presidential candidate delivered a lot of bellicose rhetoric to please right-wing Israelis and the deep-pocketed donors traveling with him. 

On Stump, a Chastened Obama Takes Sharper Tone
By MARK LEIBOVICH 39 minutes ago
President Obama, sounding more subdued than he did in his own campaign in 2008, spent four days on the road trying to help fellow Democrats.

IBM`s Watson Stumps Harvard, MIT Students
eWeek
By Darryl K. Taft on 2011-11-02 IBM conducted a Watson symposium with Harvard Business School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management Oct. 31 to highlight the innovation IBM has created in its Watson technology and to ...

low-key	(adjective) Restrained in style or quality.
Synonyms:	subdued
Usage:	After the wild party she had last year, Elena was looking forward to finally having a low-key birthday celebration.

subdued[sub・dued]

• 発音記号[səbdjúːd | -djúːd][形]

1 〈色・光・声などが〉和らげられた, 抑えられた

subdued tones
抑えた調子

a subdued red
くすんだ赤色

in a subdued voice
ひそひそ声で.

2 〈人・態度が〉（いつもより）おとなしい, 沈んだ.

3 （武力で）征服された；威圧［抑圧, 抑制］された.
stump

n.

1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.
3. 1. stumps Informal. The legs.
   2. An artificial leg.
4. A short, thickset person.
5. A heavy footfall.
6. A place or an occasion used for political or campaign oratory: candidates out on the stump.
7. A short, pointed roll of leather or paper or wad of rubber for rubbing on a charcoal or pencil drawing to shade or soften it.
8. Sports. Any of the three upright sticks in a cricket wicket.

v., stumped, stump·ing, stumps. v.tr.

1. To reduce to a stump.
2. To clear stumps from: stump a field.
3. To stub (a toe or foot).
4. To walk over heavily or clumsily.
5. To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.
6. To shade (a drawing) with a stump.
7. To challenge (someone); dare.
8. To cause to be at a loss; baffle: stumped the teacher with a question.

v.intr.

1. To walk heavily or clumsily.
2. To go about making political speeches.

[Middle English stumpe, possibly from Middle Low German stump.]

stumper stump'er n.
stumpiness stump'i·ness n.

go for it[go for it] 
((略式))((しばしば命令形))（困難を承知で）全力でやってみる.