pull up stakes

pull up stakes
pull up stakes
1. Lit. to pull up tent stakes to take down a tent in preparation to leaving. •

Let's pull up stakes and head home before the storm hits.

2. Fig. to end one's ties to a particular place; to get ready to move away from a place where one has lived or worked for a long time. •

Even after all these years, pulling up stakes is easier than you think.

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It's time to pull up stakes and move on.

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{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. 2013.

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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 — 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 — phrasal see pull stakes …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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

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