Idiom
pull up stakes
Meaning
To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We decided to pull up stakes and move to a new city.”
“After living in the same apartment for ten years, they finally decided to pull up stakes and move to the countryside.”
“The nomadic tribe prepared to pull up stakes as the season changed, seeking more fertile land for their livestock.”
Examples
simple
“We decided to pull up stakes and move to a new city.”
contextual
“After living in the same apartment for ten years, they finally decided to pull up stakes and move to the countryside.”
complex
“The nomadic tribe prepared to pull up stakes as the season changed, seeking more fertile land for their livestock.”
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