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pulls up stakes

pulls up stakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pulls up stakes

What is pulls up stakes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pulls up stakes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pull up stakes.

Words near pulls up stakes in the dictionary

  1. pulls up
  2. pulls up a pew
  3. pulls up on
  4. pulls up one's socks
  5. pulls up short
  6. pulls up stakes
  7. pulls up the ladder
  8. pullstring
  9. pullstrings
  10. pullthrough
  11. pullthroughs

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