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Idiom up sticks British & Australian, Australian to leave the place where you have been living.I was even thinking I might up sticks and move to somewhere completely new.
up sticksTo relocate from one's current residence. Primarily heard in UK, Ireland. The more I think about how much we love the coast, the more I think we should just up sticks and find a place near the beach. up sticks go to live elsewhere. British informalˌup ˈsticks (and go, etc.) (British English, informal) leave your home in order to move to another one: Things weren’t working out for them here, so they upped sticks and went to Chicago. |