pull up stakes
verb1
Idiomatic To prepare to move one's (usually temporary) habitation, especially rapidly.
- They just pulled up stakes and left.
- From the start of their strange and embattled marriage, they established a pattern of suddenly pulling up stakes with little notice to family members or neighbors.2006 November 30, Paul Solotaroff, “Can Nate Ybanez Ever Be FORGIVEN?”, in Rolling Stone, pages 84–128:
- Related terms
- up sticks