"pull up stakes" meaning in All languages combined

See pull up stakes on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-pull up stakes.ogg Forms: pulls up stakes [present, singular, third-person], pulling up stakes [participle, present], pulled up stakes [participle, past], pulled up stakes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=pull up stakes}} pull up stakes (third-person singular simple present pulls up stakes, present participle pulling up stakes, simple past and past participle pulled up stakes)
  1. (idiomatic) To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: up sticks Translations (prepare to move one's habitation): die Zelte abbrechen (German), levare le tende (Italian)

Inflected forms

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