pull up stakes

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Verb pull up stakes has 1 sense

leave, depart, pull up stakes - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "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"
--₁ is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

pull the plug pull the wool over my eyes pull the wool over someone s eyes pull their weight pull through pull together pull up pull up short pull up stakes pull wires pull your leg pull your weight pull ypur socks pullback pulled pulled in pulled together

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