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Pull up stakes Moderate

Pull up stakes has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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"

2

To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.

Example Sentences
"She wants to leave" verb
"The teenager left home" verb
"She left her position with the Red Cross" verb
"He left the Senate after two terms" verb
"after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" verb
See Also
stake up sticks
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
leave office drop out
Rhyming Words
kes nikes likes yokes makes bikes dikes jakes kakes lakes pukes vikes hakes takes oakes dykes tykes jokes zakes nokes
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