单词 | pull up stakes |
释义 | pull up stakesSEE SYNONYMS FOR pull up stakes ON THESAURUS.COM Move away, leave one's home, job, or country. For example, We've lived here for years, but now it's time to pull up stakes. This expression alludes to the stakes that mark property boundaries. [Early 1800s] Words nearby pull up stakespull through, pull together, pull-top, pullulate, pull-up, pull up stakes, pullus, pull wires, pulmo, pulmoaortic, pulmon- The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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