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PULL UP STAKES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove oneself from an association with or participation in

Example:

after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes

Synonyms:

depart; leave; pull up stakes

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "pull up stakes" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pull up stakes"):

leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)

drop out (leave school or an educational program prematurely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

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