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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.

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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. The American by James, Henry View in context More results

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