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pulled up stakes

pulled up stakes is the simple past and past participle of pull up stakes.

Meaning of pull up stakes

Verb

pull up stakes (third-person singular simple present pulls up stakes, present participle pulling up stakes, simple past and past participle pulled up stakes)

  1. (idiomatic) To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
    • They just pulled up stakes and left.

Questions about pulled up stakes

What is pulled up stakes the simple past and past participle of?
Pulled up stakes is the simple past and past participle of pull up stakes.

Words near pulled up stakes in the dictionary

  1. pulled tongues
  2. pulled up
  3. pulled up on
  4. pulled up one's socks
  5. pulled up short
  6. pulled up stakes
  7. pulled up the ladder
  8. pulled-to-publish
  9. pulledst
  10. pullen
  11. Pullens

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