# pull up stakes

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/pull-up-stakes
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.

## 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.

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