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Meanings of
pull up stakes
in English
Portuguese
partir
Catalan
deixar
Spanish
dejar
Back to the meaning
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.
leave
depart
Portuguese
partir
Usage of
pull up stakes
in English
1
We could
pull
up
stakes
,
hop through, and close it behind us.
2
I can't just
pull
up
stakes
and move once a year.
3
Ever the restless globetrotter, he'd decided to
pull
up
stakes
again.
4
Now I got to
pull
up
stakes
and get out.
5
At midnight the show would
pull
up
stakes
at Centreville.
6
A man ought not to
pull
up
stakes
just because things get a little hard.
7
I think we'd better
pull
up
stakes
,
go back to New York, and think hard.
8
Wish to the Lord I could
pull
up
stakes
as Mr. Bartlett and Mr. Chester did.
9
We've got to
pull
up
stakes
and move.
10
Wisdom dictated that he should "
pull
up
stakes
"
and depart while the way was open.
11
Slavery grew blacker and blacker, until he resolved to "
pull
up
stakes
"
upon a venture.
12
He decided to
pull
up
stakes
.
13
In the first place, the Negro sharecropper or field hand can
pull
up
stakes
and leave whenever he wishes.
14
If you do that, the same thing will happen here, and I can't
pull
up
stakes
every five months.
15
Will took the ponies on the double-quick back to camp, and the trappers decided to
pull
up
stakes
at once.
16
But many New Yorkers cannot afford to
pull
up
stakes
and move out even if they wanted to do so.
Other examples for "pull up stakes"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
pull
up
stakes
pull
Verb
Preposition
stake
Noun
Translations for
pull up stakes
Portuguese
partir
abandonar
Catalan
deixar
marxar
retirar-se
anar-se'n
abandonar
Spanish
dejar
abandonar
Pull up stakes
through the time
Pull up stakes
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common