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pulls stakes

phrase , present tense third-person singular of pull stakes

variants: or pulls up stakes

Synonyms and Antonyms of pulls stakes

to leave a place often for another

Once the job was done it was time to pull stakes.

Synonyms of pulls stakes

bails, bails out, books [slang], buggers off [British slang], bugs off, bugs out, buzzes (off), clears off [chiefly British], clears out, cuts out, departs, digs out, exits, gets, gets off, goes, goes off, moves, packs (up or off), parts, peels off, pikes (out or off), pulls out, pushes off, pushes on, quits, runs along, sallies (forth), scarpers [British], shoves (off), steps (along), takes off, vamooses, walks out

Words Related to pulls stakes

sets out, starts, strikes out

absconds, decamps, escapes, evacuates, flees, flies, gets out, mizzles [chiefly British], runs away, scats, scrams, skips

goes out, lights out, steps out

abandons, deserts, forsakes, vacates

adjourns, removes, retires, retreats, withdraws

Phrases Synonymous with pulls stakes

beats it, hits the road, takes a hike (also takes a walk), takes a powder

Near Antonyms of pulls stakes

abides, dwells, lodges, remains, settles, stays, tarries

approaches, closes, nears

hits, lands, reaches

Antonyms of pulls stakes

arrives, comes, shows up, turns up

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