pull up stakes, v.
remove oneself from an association with or participation in
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14
depart leave pull up stakes
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
They %s the countryside
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----sSomebody ----s something
semantic pointers
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