- pull up stakes
- phrasal see pull stakes
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
pull up stakes
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pull up stakes — {v. phr.}, {informal} To leave the place where you have been living. * /We are going to pull up stakes and move to California./ * /The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull up stakes — {v. phr.}, {informal} To leave the place where you have been living. * /We are going to pull up stakes and move to California./ * /The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pull up stakes — verb 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 •… … Useful english dictionary
pull\ up\ stakes — v. phr. informal To leave the place where you have been living. We are going to pull up stakes and move to California. The Jones family pulled up stakes three times in two years … Словарь американских идиом
pull up stakes — move away, go to live in another place We pull up stakes when winter comes. We move to Arizona … English idioms
pull up stakes — move to another location They decided to pull up stakes and move to London … Idioms and examples
pull up stakes — vp To move to a new home. When Bubberly lost his job, hepulled up stakes and moved to Italy. 1700s … Historical dictionary of American slang
pull up stakes — American & Australian to leave the place where you have been living. He pulled up stakes in Indiana and moved, permanently … New idioms dictionary
pull up stakes — verb To prepare to move ones usually temporary habitation, especially rapidly … Wiktionary
pull up stakes — change one s place of residence or work … English contemporary dictionary
