pulled stakes Sentence Examples
- The campers pulled stakes and left their campsite at sunrise.
- The town was abandoned as the settlers pulled stakes and moved westward.
- The company pulled stakes from the failing business and relocated elsewhere.
- The family pulled stakes and started a new life in a distant land.
- The scouts pulled stakes from their temporary shelter and continued their journey.
- The explorers pulled stakes and set sail for uncharted waters.
- The miners pulled stakes and abandoned their claim when the gold ran out.
- The refugees pulled stakes and fled from their war-torn homeland.
- The immigrants pulled stakes and arrived in a new country with dreams of a better life.
- The construction workers pulled stakes and completed the project, leaving no trace behind.
pulled stakes Meaning
pulled stakes
to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly, force required to overcome resistance to pulling, to strain abnormally, move entry 1 sense 1, remove entry 1 sense 2, obtain, secure, a competition in which a heavily weighted sled is pulled by participants usually using draft animals or machines, to stretch repeatedly, to use force in drawing, dragging, or tugging, the effort put forth in pulling, an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching especially of a muscle see groin pull, to remove from a place or situation, to bring (a weapon) into the open, to carry out with skill or daring, to draw out from the skin, to act or behave in the manner of, attract sense 2, revoke, to pluck from a plant or by the roots, an inhalation of smoke, to withdraw essential and especially financial support, put on, assume, to hold back (a racehorse) from winning, advantage, commit, perpetrate, to admit of being pulled, to work in harmony, to strain against the bit, to perpetrate a trick or fraud, the effort expended in moving, to regain one's composure, to separate forcibly from a natural or firm attachment, the act or an instance of pulling, to move especially through the exercise of mechanical energy, to blind to the true situation, to demand or obtain an advantage over someone by the assertion of, to print (something, such as a proof) by impression, to use force on so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force, to move back from the line of scrimmage and toward one flank to provide blocking for a ballcarrier, to draw hard in smoking, to make a face, to strain by stretching, to draw apart, to do one's full share of the work, extract, an injury resulting from abnormal straining or stretching, to deceive someone playfully, to strain or stretch abnormally, to draw the support or attention of, to refrain from using all the force at one's disposal, perform, carry out, a device for pulling something or for operating by pulling, to stretch (cooling candy) repeatedly, to feel or express strong sympathy, to disconnect a medical life-support system, proof sense 6a, to weaken or unsettle especially by removing support or assistance from, to make a decisive move or action, to bring into the open, to exert hidden influence or control, a device for pulling, a draft of liquid, a force that attracts or influences, extract sense 1, to throw a changeup, to draw a gun, a force that attracts, compels, or influences, special influence, to hit (a ball) toward the left from a right-handed swing or toward the right from a left-handed swing compare push, to move out, to take a drink, to exert force upon so as to cause or tend to cause motion toward the force
Synonyms & Antonyms of pulled stakes
FAQs About the word pulled stakes
to work (an oar) by drawing back strongly, force required to overcome resistance to pulling, to strain abnormally, move entry 1 sense 1, remove entry 1 sense 2,
pulled out, went, pushed off, hit the road, dug out,moved, ran along, peeled off, packed (up or off), departed
turned up, showed up, remained, arrived,came, lodged, approached,stayed, closed, reached
The campers pulled stakes and left their campsite at sunrise.
The town was abandoned as the settlers pulled stakes and moved westward.
The company pulled stakes from the failing business and relocated elsewhere.
The family pulled stakes and started a new life in a distant land.
