Definition of up sticks

up sticks

verb - intransitive

• to minimize or eliminate connections with one's current location of residence.

                                                                                                                                                
  
  Citation from "The virtual curmudgeon", The Economist, Sep 2 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 05 2010.

• to decamp.

  Last edited on Jul 21 2012. Submitted by Simon Barrett from London, Greater London, UK on Mar 06 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'stick':
beat with the ugly stick	Definitions include: unattractive.
blank-stick	Definitions include: censored version of fuckstick.
boom stick	Definitions include: a shotgun.
cancer stick	Definitions include: cigarette.
Christ on a pogo stick	Definitions include: general exclamation.
clue stick, the	Definitions include: a metaphorical stick one gets hit with to become informed (i.e. to get a clue.)
Crap on a stick	Definitions include: "Oh crap", that sucks, bummer. (Similar to "shitballs")
death stick	Definitions include: a cigarette.
dirt stick	Definitions include: cigarette.
disco stick	Definitions include: penis.
fiddle stick	Definitions include: interjection of disappointment.
fire stick	Definitions include: a gun.
flamestick	Definitions include: a cigarette.
f*ckstick	Definitions include: a real idiot, a piece of shit of a person.
f*ck stick	Definitions include: a derogatory term for an idiot.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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