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  • verb Used other than as an idiom: see go,‎ upstairs.
  • verb cricket, of an umpire To request a decision by the third umpire (traditionally by making a sign of a TV set with the hands)

Etymologies

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From the practice of the third umpire having a room with an elevated position.

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