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pulled stakes
phrase
variants:
or pulled up stakes
past tense of pull stakes
Synonyms & Antonyms of pulled stakes
to leave a place often for another
- Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes.
Synonyms for pulled stakes
- bailed,
- bailed out,
- booked
- [slang],
- bugged off,
- bugged out,
- buggered off
- [British slang],
- buzzed (off),
- cleared off
- [chiefly British],
- cleared out,
- cut out,
- departed,
- dug out,
- exited,
- got,
- got off,
- moved,
- packed (up or off),
- parted,
- peeled off,
- piked (out or off),
- pulled out,
- pushed off,
- pushed on,
- quit
- (also quitted),
- ran along,
- sallied (forth),
- scarpered
- [British],
- shoved (off),
- stepped (along),
- took off,
- vamoosed,
- walked out,
- went,
- went off
Words Related to pulled stakes
Phrases Synonymous with pulled stakes
- beat it,
- hit the road,
- took a hike
- (also took a walk),
- took a powder
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“Pulled stakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulled%20stakes. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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