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set up one's staff

set up one's staff verb: to take up one's residence; to start to live in a certain place.

Verb

set up one's staff (third-person singular simple present sets up one's staff, present participle setting up one's staff, simple past and past participle set up one's staff)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To take up one's residence; to start to live in a certain place

Forms of set up one's staff

third-person singular presentsets up one's staff
present participlesetting up one's staff
past participleset up one's staff
pastset up one's staff
alternative formput down one's staff
alternative formput up one's staff
alternative formset down one's staff

Questions about set up one's staff

What does set up one's staff mean?
Set up one's staff means to take up one's residence; to start to live in a certain place.
What part of speech is set up one's staff?
Set up one's staff is a verb.
What is the past tense of set up one's staff?
The past tense of set up one's staff is set up one's staff.

Words near set up one's staff in the dictionary

  1. set top boxes
  2. set up
  3. set up camp
  4. set up one's bristles
  5. set up one's rest
  6. set up one's staff
  7. set up shop
  8. set up someone's birse
  9. set up to oneself
  10. set upon
  11. set with

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