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pull up stakes



VERB
strike camp
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Yet as Polestar prepares to exit from the U.S. market, it may contend with state laws that often require automakers to compensate dealers when they pull up stakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

About a month ago, Holzer decided to pull up stakes and move back to Billings, Mont., where he lived before moving to Seattle as a child.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2023

Saeedullah, 45, did not fully pull up stakes when he returned to Afghanistan.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2022

A pop music icon helps a pitiable pachyderm in Pakistan pack his trunk and pull up stakes for a nature preserve in Cambodia in the documentary “Cher & the Loneliest Elephant.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2021

Back in my troupe, my father occasionally made us pull up stakes and leave a town despite the fact that we were welcome and the crowds were generous.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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