pull up stakes
US /pʊl ʌp steɪks/
・UK /pʊl ʌp steɪks/
B2
idm.To leave one place permanently and move somewhere else.
They pulled up stakes and moved to a new city last summer.
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PBS News Hour full episode, August 21, 2026
- And now, as you reported and you broke this story, David Ellison is threatening that if the merger doesn't go through by this fall, we're going to pull up stakes and leave LA.
And now, as you reported and you broke this story, David Ellison is threatening that if the merger doesn't go through by this fall, we're going to pull up stakes and leave LA.