pull up stumps
verbEtymology To cut off one's roots; or to pull up your house, (figurative) stumps & all.
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US, Figuratively To relocate, emigrate, move one's home to some other place.
pull up stumps
verbEtymology From the game of cricket, where a day's play is terminated by the umpire pulling up the stumps.
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Figuratively To cease doing something, at least for the day.
- Related terms
- draw stumps