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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
pull up stakes
v : remove oneself from an association with or participation in;
"She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left
her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate
after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company,
she pulled up stakes" [syn: leave, depart]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pull up stakes
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To prepare to move one's ((non-gloss definition:
usually) temporary) habitation, (non-gloss definition: especially)
rapidly.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
pull up stakes
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To prepare to move one's ((non-gloss definition:
usually) temporary) habitation, (non-gloss definition: especially)
rapidly.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
pull up stakes
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To prepare to move one's ((non-gloss definition:
usually) temporary) habitation, (non-gloss definition: especially)
rapidly.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
pull up stakes
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To prepare to move one's ((non-gloss definition:
usually) temporary) habitation, (non-gloss definition: especially)
rapidly.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
pull up stakes /pˈʊl ˌʌp stˈeɪks/
[Am.] [coll.] [fig.] die Zelte abbrechen, seine Zelte abbrechen [übtr.]
Synonym: up sticks
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