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pulling up stakes

pulling up stakes is the present participle and gerund 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 pulling up stakes

What is pulling up stakes the present participle and gerund of?
Pulling up stakes is the present participle and gerund of pull up stakes.

Words near pulling up stakes in the dictionary

  1. pulling tongues
  2. pulling up
  3. pulling up on
  4. pulling up one's socks
  5. pulling up short
  6. pulling up stakes
  7. pulling up the ladder
  8. Pullinger
  9. Pullingers
  10. pullings
  11. pullins

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