up sticks
UK US pull up stakes informalto take all the things that you own and go and live in a different place:
This is the fourth time in five years that we've had to up sticks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing homes & moving
- asylum seeker
- diaspora
- diaspora
- economic migrant
- emigrate
- immigration
- migrant
- move on
- move out
- mover
- moving
- removalist
- remover
- resettle
- residence
- settle
- shelter
- stake
- stick
- transfer
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