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“Pull up stakes”in other languages

Move away from a place for good.

  • English
  • French
  • German
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Same idea, different pictures

All three take down a camp. English pulls up the stakes that marked a settler's claim or held a tent. German breaks down the tents, die Zelte abbrechen, and French folds its baggage, plier bagage, as an army did when striking camp.

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