| 单词 | pull up stakes |
| 释义 | pull up stakes (once / 52765 pages) v WORD FAMILY pull up stakes: pulled up stakes, pulls up stakes USAGE EXAMPLESThis attitude was bolstered by something he read years ago in Architectural Digest: You should pull up stakes every seven years. New York Times(Oct 07, 2016) “Time to pull up stakes and leave this shit-hole behind,” he hollered. Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle(2005) For now, though, he and his wife have no plans to pull up stakes. Seattle Times(Jul 21, 2016) v remove oneself from an association with or participation in after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes Syn|Hypo|Hyper depart, leave go away, go forth, leave go away from a place leave office, quit, resign, step down give up or retire from a position drop outleave school or an educational program prematurely give up, renounce, resign, vacateleave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily retirego into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position top outgive up one's career just as one becomes very successful falllose office or power change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature |
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