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pull up stakes

/ pull up stakes /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
remove oneself from an association with or participation in
"She wants to leave"
"The teenager left home"
"She left her position with the Red Cross"
"He left the Senate after two terms"
"after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
leave office quit step down resign drop out
Verb group:
leave go forth go away
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
35%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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change leave office quit step down resign drop out