pull up stakes en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
They just pulled up stakes and left.
From the start of their strange and embattled marriage, they established a pattern of suddenly pulling up stakes with little notice to family members or neighbors.
2006 November 30, Paul Solotaroff, “Can Nate Ybanez Ever Be FORGIVEN?”, in Rolling Stone, pages 84–128:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pulls up stakes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| pulling up stakes | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pulled up stakes | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pulled up stakes | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (2)
de die Zelte abbrechen (prepare to move one's habitation) · it levare le tende (prepare to move one's habitation)