One's particular domain or territory; one's native heath: Ann Arbor used to be my stamping ground
[1821+; fr 1700s sense, ''a place frequented by animals'']
Idioms and Phrases with stamping ground
stamping ground
Also, old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [ Early 1800s ]