"pull up stakes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-pull up stakes.ogg [Australia] 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)
    Sense id: en-pull_up_stakes-en-verb-tmjEowuz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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