pull up stakes
Example Sentences
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A pop music icon helps a pitiable pachyderm in Pakistan pack his trunk and pull up stakes for a nature preserve in Cambodia in the documentary “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2021
“It might be an inconvenience for a few days of the year, but not enough to pull up stakes and leave.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2021
That was not what drove Mr. Abdullah to pull up stakes for Turkey.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2018
Anyone hoping to pull up stakes in favor of a prime “rural lifestyle” dwelling - perhaps someday here in Eastern Oregon - will have to wait for these issues to be resolved.
From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017
Back in my troupe, my father occasionally made us pull up stakes and leave a town despite the fact that we were welcome and the crowds were generous.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
