pull up stakes

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verb

remove oneself from an association with or participation in
- She wants to leave
- The teenager left home
- She left her position with the Red Cross
- He left the Senate after two terms
- after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes
• Syn:
leave, depart
• Hypernyms:
change
• Hyponyms:
leave office, quit, step down, resign, drop out
• Verb Group:
leave, go forth, go away
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something