pull up stakes

Example Sentences

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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

Only “Tenet” held firm to its date, the rare tentpole that wouldn’t pull up stakes.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2020

Anyone hoping to pull up stakes in favor of a prime “rural lifestyle” dwelling - perhaps someday here in Eastern Oregon - will have to wait for these issues to be resolved.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2017

Two months after her son suddenly switched jobs and cities — he was traded just before this NFL season from Arizona to Baltimore — the 31-year-old was forced to pull up stakes yet again.

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2017

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