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pull up stakes |
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pull up stakes (American & Australian) to leave the place where you have been living. He pulled up stakes in Indiana and moved, permanently. pull up stakes to leave the place where you have been living. They lived in Los Angeles for several years before pulling up stakes for Nova Scotia. |
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But he went on to reflect that he had done very wisely to pull up stakes and come abroad; this seeing of the world was a very interesting thing. |
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