Phrase guide
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verb
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, figuratively
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Synonyms: pull up stakes, up sticks
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps.
To cut off one's roots; or to pull up your house, (figurative) stumps & all.
