Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pulling up stakes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
pulling up s-takes
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pull up stakes

Questions

What does pulling up stakes mean?
present participle and gerund of pull up stakes

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