pull up stakes
Example Sentences
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About a month ago, Holzer decided to pull up stakes and move back to Billings, Mont., where he lived before moving to Seattle as a child.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023
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
Only “Tenet” held firm to its date, the rare tentpole that wouldn’t pull up stakes.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2020
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
