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English verb: pull up stakes | |||
| 1. | pull up stakes (social) remove oneself from an association with or participation in | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | depart, leave | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drop out, leave office, quit, resign, step down | ||
| Verb group | go away, go forth, leave | ||
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