How to pronounce “up sticks”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (UK, Ireland, sailing, slang) To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.
• (UK, Ireland, figurative, colloquial) To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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